"I found my pride elsewhere -
Right in the middle of pain,
Right in the midst of fear from fear.
Did you receive my letter?
Did you receive my flight of despair?
Do you think I’m going too far?
But isn’t war an exaggeration,
An aberrant excrescence,
An aggravation of will,
A perversion of honor,
A disguised capital punishment,
An unnatural disaster?
Is peace war’s result or war’s absence?
Is peace won or inherited?"