Warring

The years have taken their toll

All they have known is war

Getting back, paying retribution

As if it brings back anyone

Diminishing one another

To dust and to dust

No side wins, no justice

Comes in the empty arms

Of violence and yet

We are wooed over and over again

To take up arms, to stand our ground

And the tears fall and we keep

Tearing life apart

There is no good life to be had

Yet there have been those

Who have dared to stand on the

Precipice of hope, dared to plant

The seeds of reconciliation

Dared to say it is enough

Then there are those who have

Won by default because the

Men are finally gone

How long will it take

Til we wake up to the longing

Letting go of the wrongs

In order to find the precious

Pearls of peace