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What today is. Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush Of beautiful birds in circling flight, I am the starshine of the night. I am in the flowers that bloom, I am in a quiet room. I am in the birds that sing, I am in each lovely thing. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there. I did not die. Two Sides of War (All Wars) "All wars are planned by older men In council rooms apart, Who call for greater armament And map the battle chart. But out along the shattered field Where golden dreams turn gray, How very young the faces were Where all the dead men lay. Portly and solemn in their pride, The elders cast their vote For this or that, or something else, That sounds the martial note. But where their sightless eyes stare out Beyond life's vanished toys, I've noticed nearly all the dead Were hardly more than boys." ~Grantland Rice |