The Preservation of Life

we eat to live
we do not live to eat
we drink to live
we do not live to drink
we breath to live
we do not live to breath
The preservation of life
is always the right choice

If a sword is raised against you
if you fail to raise your shield
you have made an incorrect choice
you have neglected to preserve your life

If you are offered a glass of poison wine
Do not drink it for the sake of the truth
Do not choose death over life
for the sake of the truth
For the preservation of life
is always the right choice

Always choose life over death
Always choose joy over misery
Always choose peace over war
For the preservation of life
is always the right choice

Do not lead yourself to the gallows
for the sake of truth
Do not allow yourself to be hanged
for the sake of the truth
The preservation of life
is always the right choice

when your life is in the balance
between truth and false
between justice and injustice
between life and death
Always make a decision
That will preserve life

Do not take another person's life
to preserve your own
For the other person has as much right
to preserve their life
just as much as you have the right
to preserve your life
Each has a duty to preserve their life
Live and Let's live is the rule of life

Society must make the effort
to remove the tools that endanger life
Society must make the effort
to remove weapons that cause death
Society must make the effort
to preserve each and every life

What good is it
to invent tools that cause death
For it is against the prime objective of life
which is the preservation of life

The human body as frail as it is
is plagued by deseases, and germs without invitation
It is better to invent medicine
Than to invent weapons of war
For the preservation of life
is the prime objective

The days of the gladiators are over
For no longer is a man measured by the strength of his muscles
But by the strength is his mind is he measured
No longer is a country measured by its ability to wage war
But by its ability to create peace and preserve life
For the preservation of life is always the right choice

From the poem 'THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE", within the book "THE TRINITY OF LIGHTS VOL. 2", By Ken Nunoo
The Trinity of Lights