Why do so many people need to die
Before people realise that talking is the only way
Your children, their children, our children are all the same
None of them are in anyway to blame
For the history that fuels the flames of hatred
But they are dying as pawns in your war
We all need a home, a country to call our own
Why is it impossible to recognise this and let it happen
It isn’t failure to give people autonomy over their fate
It’s doing something that is right
I cannot even begin to understand
Why massacre by either side is justified
We are all people following the same hopes and dreams
Forget the labels, just sit down and talk
Stop the killing and find the peace
Gillian Passman
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