War ground to a halt.<\/p>\n
It was a bloody war.<\/p>\n
And seemed like it would never end.<\/p>\n
Too much ammunition.<\/p>\n
Too much at stake.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But peace was declared,<\/p>\n
Armies disbanded.<\/p>\n
There are tremors of the old conflict<\/p>\n
In the minds of old men<\/p>\n
Who can’t forget what was normal in youth.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
All others, though, have adapted<\/p>\n
To amity,<\/p>\n
To goodwill.<\/p>\n
The children of today’s children<\/p>\n
Will read in dusty books<\/p>\n
Of warfare, of sides drawn,<\/p>\n
And it won’t make sense<\/p>\n
That this was ever so.<\/p>\n
Grass and new forest will cover<\/p>\n
The deep scars in the earth<\/p>\n
Made by so many bomb blasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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