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Heartbreak is not a zero-sum game.
Pain is an and/and.
Destroying another is not a condition
Or proof
Or sign.
Being right or being wronged is not exclusive.
To anyone.
I will condemn
What should never
Be done.
I will not hate a People.
I will not celebrate harm.
I will not justify terrorism,
No matter the desired outcome,
Nor the hurting of children
In ‘payment’ for what someone has done.
I cannot see a space where rape or massacre,
Are ever, ever, a moral ground.
Heartbreak is not a zero-sum game.
Inflicted pain is not a battle won.
‘Collateral’ is not a term,
For anyone.
Babies aren’t worth less,
In another’s arms.
Na'ama Yehuda 
A very powerful poem Na’ama
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Thank you, Sadje. This is an exceedingly difficult time. I’m brokenhearted over all of this. It an impossible reality to hold, and yet, we must, somehow, find words, find heart, find hope.
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I know! I feel the same way. You’re most welcome
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I hate that you feel compelled to write this powerful and eloquent poem, my friend. Beautifully done and heartbreaking.
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Thank you, my friend. My heart is broken. Atrocities should be no part of any interaction between human beings, and yet, some find justification. It is beyond me. I can perhaps understand explanations, but cannot comprehend the choice.
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It is awful. So many lives lost on either side – innocents who have nothing to do with the hate. I cannot comprehend, either.
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And that there are those who have a vested interest in maintaining and stoking hate, because it serves their terrorist agenda for power and death. It is incomprehensible to me, because I believe that the vast majority of people do not seek violence and would rather raise their children in safety, not in war.
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Of course. Those awful people will always exist, unfortunately.
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And we need to speak up about them. Because they help no cause but their own thirst for power via the infliction of pain. Ugh. The innocents always bear the brunt of such, as well.
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Yes. This is so damn true.
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Thank you for you, my friend.
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🤗
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An awesome poem addressing the reality of the human condition. The world and life seems to constantly tear away at mind and heart.
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Thank you, Bill. It is an incomprehensible situation to me, beyond the fact that there are atrocities that should not happen, and people who suffer when there are – must be – better solutions.
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“Imagine all the people
Livin’ life in peace…”
If it don’t get you shot.
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Yes. We can use more of “imagine there’s no countries” and “no religion, too”.
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