home Poem List next poem War With Compassion American allies have entered war Avoiding killing when it's possible Destroying hardware which we must implore Adversaries leave inaccessible History has no witness in her past Who has witnessed such sure finality Pass thru sullen gates thru which shadows cast Confident of precision's quality We stand upon the horizons of fate Glaring at potentials of resistance Searching procedures hunting without hate Seek sources of contrary insistance Gentleness unknown by combat soldiers Wends its way thru the consciousness of time As worldly eyes watch hardware in smolders Soldiers will live to teach their children rhyme Some army groups might engage in hanging While ours are satisfied to hang around Not for wrenching wringing and head banging But to lift enemies up off the ground Dusting away harsher differences Letting them step aside from death we bring Perhaps because of our fate's deferences To their sciences and the songs they sing (c)ERA 08:00 AM 3/22/03