LETTER

Dear Friend

They told you ‘this is the war to end all wars’.

They lied

They are still lying.

The problem is some people like dominating, controlling, ruling, subjugating.

They think their ways are stronger, more correct, more righteous.

They believe they know best.

And they are willing to kill for it.

My uncle died in the war after yours – I never met him.

One hundred years from now, they will still be killing – because they like it.

I wish it wasn’t so.

R.T.

This is one of the letters people wrote to the unknown soldier to attend the memorial of the WW1. The writer calls the unknown soldier “dear friend”, so we can understand that he fells the unknown soldier close to him. This affirmation is proved in the third to last verse where the writer says his uncle died in war.  In his letter he condemns people like kings, imperators or men of power that were, are and will be the reason of the death of million people, to reach their own interests. The writer goes on saying this kind of people usually makes excuses and justifications to justify their behaviors. The letter moved me for two reasons. The first one concerns the way the writer addresses to the unknown soldier, as if time wasn’t passed. The letter also moved me because from the last line emerges the great hope of the writer that one day wars will end.