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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