If Dickinson’s wars in books be stowed,
Then mine to the page I may also owe...
Warrior's work’s done unscathed not;
Battle sans wound is battle unfought
Just as costly a battle ‘mid men
Is the battle that wages forever within
Internal mind’s toil never does cease--
Nor eternal soul’s war 'gainst it’s lease
The two at odds till their end they find,
Nevermore earthly, the wars of the mind.
T. Emerson
