The Shepherd and the Shepherdess. A Modern Pastoral

Is there room for love in war? “For some reason I just heard that music—the way two danced, he and she, the shepherd and the shepherdess. They loved each other, they were not ashamed of love and they were not afraid for it. In their trusting hearts, they were defenseless. Defenseless people are inaccessible to evil—at least, that’s what I thought before…”