So Many Years!
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So many years! And now we take for granted
What would have been unthinkable before
The terror that our leader called a war,
And life became more mean, less sure, more haunted.
But was it war? Or was that notion planted
By those who wished their murders could mean more,
Puffed up to fit the oft-recited lore
Of ancient enmities long since recanted?
Oh, do not dignify them with that word,
Or make them larger than they might appear,
Or justify their murders with our own!
There is no quick solution by the sword.
Our only option is to persevere,
Rebuilding bit by bit, but not alone.
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