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Two Sides?
By ellipinnock
25 August 2006
My simple musings on the current and ongoing crisis in the Middle East


You.
Can never be
Acceptable
To me.

Blood.
Between us now
And evermore
Shalt be.

Why?
They ask me
Must you fight
And die?

Why?
They ask me
Must you live
A lie?

Now.
I have no
Will to tell
Them why.

Just.
Death for them,
Life for me,
Amen.

Reviews

Written by Phil (6713 comments posted) 25th August 2006
Has caught the intractable nature of it all. How depressing, but written well. 
Have you seen 'Lebanon?' 
 
Phil.

Written by ellipinnock (1753 comments posted) 25th August 2006
Thanks Phil 
I actually read 'Lebanon' earlier and it inspired this response 
 
Elli

Written by Gill21 (566 comments posted) 25th August 2006
Can only echo what Phil has said. Simple but strong nonetheless.
Better than Lebanon
Written by Talisker (1326 comments posted) 26th August 2006
I like this better than mine. It has more insight into the closed minds. Not so naive - I'm proud to inspire such work. 
 
Oli
Far too kind
Written by ellipinnock (1753 comments posted) 26th August 2006
But appreciated nonetheless 
Thanks to both 
 
Elli 
 
p.s. Oli, I felt the 'naive' framework of the Lebanon actually made the piece more powerful. Two sides of the same coin I think
About to read Lebanon
Written by Tenchi (14 comments posted) 13th November 2006
I'm not completely au fait with the whole middle east conflict, but given the content of the poem, I felt it applicable to violence and war on a large and a small scale. Would easilly be as true to any situation (Rwanda, Ireland) where violence is handed down like a family heirloom. 
 
I like it's implacable momentum. It's a strong work, which affects the reader (or at least it did me).  
 
Thank you

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