COMMANDMENT

One has to die to know what death is, One has to know what laughter is When pride has fought with passion And lost, is laughed at.

One has to be outnumbered To see outnumbered causes And pitch in shoulders

In fight for future fruits.

One has to know what pain is, To delve beyond the tide of drink And find beneath some mimic airs The swollen core of night.

One has to learn the spirit's code Before the pass of judgement And know what life in hidden cells Can do to souls of men.

And then one may sit in judgment Yes, then one may laugh if one will, But then one will not pass judgement, And laughter shall be still.

. Bern Hard

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