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s no fear; only sadness at what man will do to fellow man.</p><p id="d7ee">The music carries on; long after the shooting stops. Long after the massacre has been forgotten. Humanity may forget, but the earth does not.</p><figure id="f157"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*9OP5Ol4XymHsQ_SD.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="f5da"><a href="undefined"><i>Paul Mansfield</i></a><i> is a writer, photographer, guitar player, philosopher — some he does well, others not so well. He still tries them all. Follow him on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/pmansfield">@pmansfield</a>.</i></p><p id="f399"><a href="https://pmansfield.medium.com/subscribe/@pmansfield"><i>If you want to subscribe to Medium, here’s a link where he gets paid a trifle to sell his soul to the Corporate Overlords.</i></a></p><div id="0048" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/subscribe/@pmansfield"> <div> <div> <h2>Don’t have enough email already?</h2> <div><h3>Don’t have enough email already? Get an email wh

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💯 STORY CHALLENGE

The Violin Plays

Day 100 of 💯: The music plays on; from joyous songs of birth to funeral dirges and on to the glory of rebirth. The music is eternal.

The sorrowful lament of a lonely violin softly echoes on the breeze as the flock gathers for their morning rituals. They gather for their community; their future; their fate.

The soldiers ride in, surrounding their prey; horses of war trained to deny any to escape. None try to escape, though. They know their destiny is here. To lie forgotten — broken and bloodied. There is no fear; only sadness at what man will do to fellow man.

The music carries on; long after the shooting stops. Long after the massacre has been forgotten. Humanity may forget, but the earth does not.

Paul Mansfield is a writer, photographer, guitar player, philosopher — some he does well, others not so well. He still tries them all. Follow him on Twitter @pmansfield.

If you want to subscribe to Medium, here’s a link where he gets paid a trifle to sell his soul to the Corporate Overlords.

All the stories in Paul’s💯 Story Challenge.

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