Hear me
read
the poem as
an MP3 file.
Watch me
read
the poem as
a YouTube video.
Audio and Video Music:
Shattered Paths.
By Aakash Gandhi.
Music free to use
at YouTube.
Copyright by
Nicholas Gordon
Blessed are those who
compromise their visions
And share their power with the other side,
Substituting faith for fratricide,
Trading principles for joint decisions.
Instead of blood, their battles will yield laws,
Less just, perhaps, than those they would have
wanted,
Less brutal than the crimes that would have
haunted
Each of them and undermined their cause.
Democracy requires compromise
And sometimes letting fools outvote the wise.
Yet some prefer the righteousness of
wars.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
Subscribe to this site on Substack
Subscribe to this site on YouTube