My Second Answer

If a man leaned over a rail
And I, by pushing him, could derail a train;
Physically, what is this man's body
That mine is not?
If there were five men on the track
And I could save them 
By having a body placed on the track
I would jump off the rail
And sacrifice myself
For the five men's safety.

If I could not save them
By sacrificing myself
I would scream my loudest
To warn them,
And implore them to move.
If I were tied up,
Bound, and must have
Pushed the man to save them
Then it was the man who bound me
Who caused these people's death;
For surely, I could call out to them
With all my voice,
And therefore warn them
Of the catastrophe that came.
I would not push the man.

For Christ says,
If a trumpeter in a city
Sees the army coming
And does not sound the alarm
It is both the city and he
Who are in peril.
Yet, if he sounds the trumpet
He does his noble duty
And the men are warned that the war comes
To the city's battlements
And those who are afraid
Could flee to the surrounding countryside.