Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #25: Write a piece about cowardice. Minimum 10 words - Maximum 250 words. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge.
Conscientious
If I don’t object
I’m a coward,
barely a member
of the race
because I am brave
enough to kill
but not enough
to risk disgrace.
They say cowards die
a thousand deaths
but for me that
comment’s out of place.
I’d rather die
a thousand more
and live at peace
within my faith.
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In 1974, the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Sean MacBride said, in his Nobel Lecture, "To the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights one more might, with relevance, be added. It is ' The Right to Refuse to Kill.'"