Words beyond the grave

 

I saw this on a German soldiers gravestone:

 

If people only knew how hard it is to be wounded, 

to die,

they would all be meek and gentle,

would not split into parties,

would not incite mobs to attack one another,

and would not kill.

 

But when they are in good health, they know nothing of this.

 

When they are wounded, no one believes them.

 

When they are dead, they can no longer speak.

 

Laurie, The Warrior of Light