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Waiting For Spring by Lendren

Merit for August 2009

ONE

It cannot be endured, he said
It has gone on too long, she said
What's good will all be ruined, he said
What they have done is wrong, she said

They've brought this on themselves, he said
There's few of them around, she said
Our vengeance shall be swift, he said
Let's lay them waste right now, she said

TWO

You are unwelcome here, I said
That never held you back, you said
I never ventured there, I said
Your friends led the attack, you said

You strike when they're asleep, I said
They sleep while I'm awake, you said
So how is this revenge? I said
There's principles at stake, you said

THREE

About what do we fight? they said
I strangely can't recall, we said
On which side are you now? they said
Does that matter at all? we said

We lie down with our foes, they said
Our opposites now friends, we said
We stand for nothing now, they said
This fight can never end, we said

FOUR

Destruction feeds itself, he said
It's harder creating, she said
It needs an advocate, he said
For winter needs its spring, she said

It cannot be endured, he said
It has gone on too long, she said
What's good will all be ruined, he said
What they have done is wrong, she said