Rock

The ocean was exceptional today the first day of the new year, I have been before in previous years but today was special, it was warm and still, the tide was low and I walked the jetties and read the rocks folks have marked their own, some expressed love for another others marked specific dates or times of significance and there were also those that expressed hate but one in particular stayed on my mind it read "A warrior does not live to love, a warrior loves to live"  I sat down and looked out at the horizon and pondered one who calls him/herself a warrior, would they not have the passion of a poet, a lover, a ruler of mankind, a protector of human life,  a warrior mother,  father, daughter, son,  trained to master all that is right and good and most of all be at the ready of life and limb for a just cause,  a warrior lives to love and loves to live the end.