War is a state of mind

by Cathy Suzette

War is a state of mind
when you chose to fight
day by day against the world around you.
 
Thoughts become a deadly weapon,
everything could be a battlefield
and with the perfect trigger,
people could be the target of your words 
verbal shoots, bursts of bullets
full of angry, sad, resentment,
feelings as lethal munitions
that you have stocked in your heart.
 
Prisoner of your own armament,
you end up dying every single day,
victim of your decision
to live a life such as merciless battle.
 
While you are living in a state of war,
you choose to refuse to give up,
opening that door again and again,
sticking with feelings that lead you
to dig your tomb while you are alive.
 
You can walk out from there,
holding a white flag,
leaving behind
memories, feelings, and regrets
that hold you back to move forward,
certain that peace does not mean you were defeated.