Admitted Defeat
Since when has violence not admitted
Defeat of the mind.
Diplomacy precedes war, which in punishing irony
Defeats the physical mind.
Verbal exchange precedes a fistfight
Defeating communication in each turn.
If you violently act,
Do you admit defeat?
And if that act is based in hate,
Do you simultaneously claim certainty of world view
and defeat of the mind?
How sensless is your slur
How ignorant is your violence
Standing for what you believe in may be righteous
But admitting defeat whilst doing so injures any noble claim
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