Thread:AngryLance/@comment-39280634-20200210184758/@comment-27666783-20200210212045

Two women walked on the beach in the sun. One left footprints, the other left none. One was a Mother who her kin obeyed; The other a god from the ancient days.

"Look, " said the Mother, "how our kind make war. I summoned you here to ask what for?" "For wealth or land, " the god replies, "For life, or freedom, or some god's lies."

"The sun is also a warrior. Knowledge can also destroy. Nor can the kindest will, Preserve you from the kill. Not all of wisdom brings joy."

"Four of those five, " the Mother said, Are not enough to appease the dead. To save my world all this strife must cease, So now I strike you to conjure peace."

The god said "Yes. Though it grieves me sore, For I was also a god of war, And I remember what you forget, Four of those five they may still regret."

"The sun is also a warrior. Knowledge can also destroy. Nor can the kindest will, Preserve you from the kill. Not all of wisdom brings joy."

She raised her voice throughout the land, All strife whittled by the Mother's command. No voice ventured an angry word, No hand struck and no weapon stirred.

In time, a man called the old god back. "Look, " he cried, "what my people lack! One Lord rules over all the earth, And we're all her slaves from the hour of birth."

"The sun is also a warrior. Knowledge can also destroy. Nor can the kindest will, Preserve you from the kill. Not all of wisdom brings joy."

"She owns all wealth, and she owns all land, We take and enslave under her command. She speaks the truth and she gives us peace, But all that I hope for is our release."

The old god said, "This is what she willed. For only thus is her wish fulfilled. War's five sources she took away, Will you give four of them back today?"

"The sun is also a warrior. Knowledge can also destroy. Nor can the kindest will, Preserve you from the kill. Not all of wisdom brings joy."

He raised his hand and his voice from the shore, And the world began to turn to war. If to one ruler, the world should fall, it is better for no rulers in the world at all.

"Go wage war now, " the old god said, "Feed the living and bury the dead, And remember this when they speak of war, And think upon what is worth fighting for."

"The sun is also a warrior. Knowledge can also destroy. Nor can the kindest will, Preserve you from the kill. Not all of wisdom brings joy"