don't believe them
when they tell you
there is no time
for tenderness
that a war
is no place
for a gardener
that not everything
is poetry
lets lie in the grass
of the battlefield
singing until its over
there is nothing to protect
if we lose our hearts
if they give us guns
lets plant flowers in them
and if we die
they'll be a tribute
to our final act of rebellion
I refuse to live
any other way