Good Men Wouldn't Kill One Another Poem by Mark Heathcote

Good men would die for a father
good men would die for a king,
good men would die for a mother
good men would die for a queen.

Good men would die for a daughter
good men would die for a home,
good men would die for a brother
good men would die for a son.

Good men would die for a sister
good men would die for a lover,
good men would die for a country
good men wouldn't kill one another.

Good men wouldn't murder and slaughter
in the name of yesterday's valiant defender
in the name of the Lord or a boarder
good men couldn't kill a stepbrother or a sister.

I would much rather smash a Stradivarius violin
and be severed, limb from limb,
then be a killer justifying killing,
and not just momentarily unhinge.
Who could wave a villainous flag and sing?
Violence and intolerance are evil things?