Stalemate
We stand not five metres apart
The light flickers, then stops, then starts!
We stand assessing how this ends?
Heart beat thuds, pulse quickens
For a moment we see past the hate
For a moment this is more than a stalemate!
Enemies are supposed to fight
But through the eyes of the people we are we see tonight
Not soldiers, not killers, not slaves!
We don't have to end it this way
I'll lower my gun and walk away
If you agree that you'd like to see another day?
We don't speak the same language, no words pass between us
But somehow both understand
That we are too young to die tonight for the plans of fools, for the hate of men.
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