Grow up

Wars, a delinquent game, it’s nothing new

With foolish weapons, far from witty

Funny you know that pretty well too

What a joke! You name a cannon Humpty Dumpty*!

Get rid of wars, unleash peace

Before you pull the girl

From her wonderland and call

A weapon as Alice!

Get rid of weapons, unveil prosperity

O adults! Please outgrow Tom and Jerry.

Jokes aside,

In killings there’s no pride.

When you create a weapon

In your mind, a war is born.

When you market a weapon

Death warms up its horns.

We’re ordinary peoples of the world here,

Our troubles don’t seem to end,

We die as martyrs most everywhere,

Wonder when enemies, like adults, could befriend.

Note:

*From 1996 the website of the Colchester tourist board attributed the origin of the rhyme to a cannon recorded as used from the church of St Mary-at-the-Wall by the Royalist defenders in the siege of 1648. In 1648 Colchester was a walled town with a castle and several churches were protected by the city wall. A large cannon, colloquially called Humpty Dumpty, was strategically placed on the wall. A shot from Parliamentary cannon succeeded in damaging the wall beneath Humpty Dumpty which caused the cannon to tumble to the ground.

Source: Wikipedia