For What?

" For What "

My tears fall uncounted,
From sorrows that are felt
deep in the cavity of my chest.
My soul and heart weep.
They cry for my brothers
whom I didn't even know.
People who are dying and dead,
Why are they there?
Why?
Because they're the young,
The youth of this nation who were chosen to die.
For who?
For what???????????

written 1967 about Vietnam..