Friday, March 16, 2012

the pacifist


 he did not believe in it
was like saying
he did not believe in cancer
or gangrene
he did not believe in it
but never the less
something must be done
by someone skilled
to handle blood
to cut through
to cut out
what is real
and painfully so
there was a war in heaven
and are wars on earth
and a war in my very being
i can not afford to say
i do not believe
because
the devil
won’t go away
so fathers lose their sons
as they always have
on beaches
jungles
or at sea
as God once did
send His only son
to war
to die
away
and alone
so he says he does not believe in war
even though his freedom is earned
by another mans spilt blood
for as long as man’s will is free
and these wills
outside of God's
they will collide
and at that moment
maybe
he will begin to see
it is better to believe
and do what must be done

David B. Finlayson
7/31/98

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