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Created on: May 18, 2008
WAR AND PEACE
What strength has our words, and those we write with pen
Changing the outcome of our world, from the direction that it's in
It's strength mightier then the sword, the allies that it brings
A peaceful way to settle differences, our words stronger then we think
In anger we swing the sword, cutting the thorn that's in our side
Many times we lose self, in this kind of fight
With a mighty swing we lose focus on the objective that is ahead
Hurting others who mean no harm, a child standing beside the bad
Sometimes no choice is given in what one has to do
Taking time for a second look, doesn't hurt me or you
A second thought, before a war, were much blood will be shed
Haste makes waste, so many times- I've heard this said
Why pick up a gun and fight, to prove that we are brave
Smarter to debate the foe, to protect our world today
Does this mean a stop to terror, my guess is probably not
The people that we're protecting, to them seems that we're not
So, was this war a waste of time, did our soldiers die in vain
I guess like the Bay Of Pigs, what knowledge we will gain
Will we be more quick to talk, or write our words with pen
Or will we pick up sword and kill more fellow men
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