where white flags sail high
we tested the water
by shooting bullets at it
then crossed to the
other side without missing
a beat
bullets never scare me
it’s the people who own them
that do
the ones who spend their
weekends at the shooting range
or the gamers club
or any dungeon of a basement
where m is for murder and
nothing else matters
where killing sprees can last
for hours on end
now that we made it
to the other side
to a place without war games
real or imagined
there was no reason
to remain on high alert
and with gratitude
we surrendered our arms
september two thousand thirteen
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excellent
Thanks again, Bonnie, and I appreciate you sharing my work on Twitter, too!
I’m always hoping one day surrender our arms and focus on loving and caring for each other!!
Wouldn’t that be wonderful!
I’ m always hoping one day we all surrender our arms and focus on loving and caring for each other!!
and so it goes…
unfortunately, yes….