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Is this our fate?
Reason born by enlightenment
Tethered to an instinctual animal
Steeped in the waging of war
From the dawn of time
And in every generation since
Victory found in the vanquishing
Our only tool, the stick
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Are we not these men of reason?
Can we value our lives, and yet
Not value the life of another
In every person, see brother
Or does our path only lead
To what we have always been
A primal need to survive
A modern day crusade
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Violence cannot hide in shadows
Reason beams a glaring light
A sun that shines on everything
And we see all too clearly
That we have so far to go
To be the true men of reason
Men with empty hands
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Thank you for sharing. This is poignant, true, and beautiful.
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