Cain Slew Able

Cain Slew Able
On down through the ages
We have came
From out of the darkness
And cold of old.
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To the light and understanding
Of today, bit upon bit,
Just a little bit at a time
Fire, here, wheel there
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Till upon the shoulder of giants
We stand looking afar
Way unto the stars,
And down into the atoms themselves.
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But as far as we have come
We have carried our selves the same.
The same fears, dreads, and concerns.
The same ambitions drive us
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Just as when we were ran from the garden
As when Cain slew Able,
As when we built the tower of Babel,
And when Lot’s wife looked back.
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Now we can kill with hydrogen bombs,
Shoot our towers into space,
Look back to the beginning of time,
And peace among men is as far away as ever.
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The answer is as elusive as ever
Be enslaved or fight
Be killed or kill
Resist or give up!
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For those who would enslave you
Will not stop because you do.
Will you forsake your God
For the sake of peace?
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Would you exchange freedom for peace?
Will you bow to another’s God for peace?
Will you sacrifice your liberties
For a promised security?
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Just remember, what one man locks up,
Another man can unlock.
Any fort you make can be breached.
To win you must carry the fight.
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If you hold up behind a wall,
If you are forced to go to the defense,
Then history tells you
That you will lose.
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The tactic of Marten Luther King
And Mahatma Gandhi
Will work against powers
That sees themselves as human.
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But had the Romans tried it against the Vandals,
Or the Greek against the Romans,
Or Egypt against the Greeks
It would have been to no avail.
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And if we try it against the Islamic