If War Was a Person

-if-

war was a person,

would she be pretty?

the popular one -

who gathers a crowd

to giggle and tease?

or would he be the

lonely boy, cornered?

dunce cap on his head -

wishing for shadows,

to make it go away?

-if-

war was a person,

would they be hog-tied

to an uncertain

future? wondering,

who is wrong? and which

little piggy went

to market? or who

got the A in life?

and, were back-sies a

thing? a way to start

over? and humbly,

find their way back to

-if-

again?

-if-

war was a person,

would one hand be

enough to set her

free? or enough to

hold him - hug him tight?

or would one eye be

enough for the two?

would a world be too

small for hate? and just

the right size for love?

or

-if-

it was not too late?