This pain is temporary I dismissed the idea as nothing What we have been doing Is unavoidable We’ll just grit our teeth, Hunker down, And get out on the other side of this No nerve gas To deal with the situation We’ve got ourselves into it It’s a magnificent force A nuclear weapon or something Full-blown and futile Dangerous and foolish What we knew all along, confirmed The cost of reaching that conclusion Warranted in respect and grieving Attracting and retaining Without assumption Such burden may never be needed in the future The failure was so much more Forged in the funeral of an honest man, Whispered by anyone But that’s not all, That’s not enough