What is all our learning for
if, still, we haven’t learnt that war
is a game that can’t be won?

That all is lost when once begun?

Is there justice we can find
that doesn’t leave the whole world blind?

Each cut deeper than the last;
Never learning from the past:

Innocence lost at innocents’ cost.

If Love’s as strong as people say,
Why does hatred hold such sway?