The Dove
The first step
A white dove flew off and perched in front of the pointed gun
Slowly the pressure on the trigger eased and his hand stroked his head
It was the most warlike people
Without peace and without respite
Once elected, now rejected
From persecuted to persecutor
The engines of the bombers rumbled on track
The death machines ready for takeoff
But a white airplane landed on their track
It stopped in the middle and do not let them go
The order was to remove it and start again
The load of death could not wait
But a little man dressed in white got out
He walked alone into the engines roaring and trembling
One by one the warriors came down from their death machines
They took off their helmets and shields, and returned to be men
They recognized and embraced
A white dove flew off and perched in front of the pointed gun
Slowly the pressure on the trigger eased and his hand stroked his head
The dove offered his candor; but the warrior stopped his hand, he came back a man