from The Gododdin by Aneirin ( GUARDIAN)
War
Vine and
Victory
No history without dates,
No
country without wars
and
weapons and bloodshed.
I
have read ,pride of weapon
Was their prowess,
their gamut.
Leaving home and kin, the warfront
Engaged them for months and years
Pain
and loss - engraved only
On stones and
books .
Fearless they were in
Hiding with guns and guts.
Mead, not meadow is only
their
reprieve. In death and
desolation and there is sacrifice
and nobility. Army has its own norms
but ashamed to think even why
no abrogation of arms and hatred?
Peace-should it be only in bloodshed?
It is an unanswered question.
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