War is like a forest fire. The hotter it burns, the shorter it lives. Shells lay scattered on the ground like scattered leaves. Weapons discarded like fallen branches. Bodies lay where they died.
And it feels... wrong to move any of it.
When the debris is cleared away, and the bodies buried, all that remains is valor and peace. The sacrifices and those that served resonate within us long after they fade away. They inspire us to be better people, beg us to learm from them so that no one else should have to suffer. Only time will tell if we are wise enough to listen to them. It is not in war, but in peace that men must learn to live becau