False and true heroes
How can anyone be called a hero
when he killed and maimed innocent people?
How can anyone be called a hero
when he killed and maimed defenceless children?
How can anyone be called a hero
when his weapon is terror and destruction?
It is easy to be a false hero.
But it takes part of your very self
to be a true and lasting hero.
A true hero's weapon is peace.
A true hero's weapon is dialogue.
A true hero's weapon never kills.
It is easy to be a false hero.
But it takes peace to be a true hero.
A false hero blows up bridges.
A true hero builds bridges of peace.
Violence is the wrong weapon.
It destroys all and much more.
Peace can penetrate steel.
It can penetrate the invisible.