If force is your weapon of choice <br />Be prepared to completely obliterate your opposition <br /> <br />Anything less will be insufficient <br />To stanch the hatred of those <br />Who yet live in resistance <br />Pouring from their wronged souls <br />So much blood <br />The Earth itself will groan in rage <br />For retribution <br /> <br />No right is given the aggressor <br />Wrong commits wrong <br />Choose wisely, whatever peaceful mean <br />Is given, take <br />Only in defense, prepare to kill <br />Your children. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in Poets Against the War Anthology, Feb 2003)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-warning-of-tombstones/
