The "laws of war"
what a inexplicable phrase
for how is war governed by law?
How is genocide justified?
For the "safety" of the other?
Here, the broken-hearted have hearts that are re-broken daily
Unmended, unrested, unseen
Outcasts across the world, no where, now where, to go?
Where to hope, now?
Unceasingly until a ceasefire
Unwaveringly until the dehumanized are reimagined
No more as the “other;” no longer savages, animals, or barbarians but as fellow humans.
Unstoppable hope, arise,
on wings, alight,
above the ground to soar,
to see unwearied,
to fight for freedom, without fainting
To name the cause of love as the highest call,
to keep hoping
in spite of it all.
