Iron is hard. Iron won't bend.

Iron-based wounds don't readily mend.

Iron is deaf. Iron can't listen.

Iron won't help when things go missing.

Iron is mean. Iron will kill

but iron can't soothe when things go ill.

Iron is there when violence calls

but what use iron when sadness falls?

Iron shouts orders. Iron prevails

when the voice of compassion fails.

Iron can cut and iron can cleave

but what it can't do is believe

in peace through love and understanding

(iron finds reason too demanding.)

Iron is hard. It never bends

(war is the only message it sends)

but it will fail when put to the test

for iron can't cope with being stressed:

iron is hard but has no mettle. It'll

shatter completely, for iron is brittle.