Freedom
If you took away the conflict And you did away with all the wars If you put bars on all the windows and boarded up all the doors
If there were no bombs or killing no weapons of any kind No bleeding soldiers or suffering would freedom still be mine ?
If all the graves were empty that the ravages of war have filled and there were no headstones of Arlington and if innocent blood was never spilled
And instead of hate and envy, peace reigned forever and a day and all men could walk together Could we put the horror of war away ?
I question the honor of nations Not the honor of men, For I see the sacrifice of freedom as I search the names on the Wall again
And if the Forefathers of our country turned their backs on these hellish times and buried with them the principle of peace would freedom still be Thine ?
B00ndocker 9/19/2001
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