Men of Valor

Where are the men of valor?
Where do the honorable lie?
Do none of them exist now?
Did they all simply die?

If Honor is a virtue,
Then why is it so rare?
Why does it seem that no-one
Can really seem to care?

If we are full of kindness
As we may claim to be?
Why do the innocent all die
While many guilty flee?

What can this thing called mercy
Ever hope to do,
If people kill without a thought
And rape and pillage too?

But if we were to forgive
The people, not the crime
Would they not see love we give them
Even if it takes time?