Maybe There's a Good Excuse for Fighting

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Video Music: Concerto in C Major for Oboe and Orchestra--Andante. By Antonio Vivaldi. Performed by the Advent Chamber Orchestra at The Free Music Archive under an Attribution-Share Alike license.

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Maybe there's a good excuse for fighting;
Every era has its righteous wars.
Maybe wrongs require bloody righting,
Or self-defense gives warriors just cause.
Remember, though, the legacy of pain,
Intense and passionate, a world of wounds,
Agony unveiled again, again,
Livid in the light of lonely rooms.
Death is a relief, but think of those
Alive with grief, whose loved ones lie in rows,
Youth on youth in neat, well-ordered tombs.

Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.

Video Music: Concerto in C Major for Oboe and Orchestra--Andante. By Antonio Vivaldi.
Performed by the Advent Chamber Orchestra at The Free Music Archive
under an Attribution-Share Alike license.

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