THE SOLDIER

A man who would fight

For all that is right

As each day makes him older;

A man who knew

What he had to do

Has now become a soldier.

A man who would stand

With outstretched hand

To help out any other;

A man who's not willing

To do any killing -

The soldier is my brother.

copr. 1989 - Trinka Powers

"Let no man raise his hand in anger against any living thing."
(from doctrine of The Quakers)

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