Time Immemorial
Embracing Peace: Timeless Reflections on Love and Unity
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Wounded soldier, rest a while.
Addressing a wounded soldier, urging them to rest in a safe place.
In this house you're safe from harm.
The house is portrayed as a refuge, assuring safety from harm.
Let the war fight itself.
Suggesting that the soldier allows the war to resolve itself.
Don't be alarmed-
Encouraging calmness and not to be frightened.
Though I wear a uniform of your army's enemy,
Despite wearing the uniform of the enemy, the speaker claims no hostility toward the wounded soldier.
I am no enemy to you.
Expressing a lack of enmity towards the wounded soldier despite the uniform.
We didn't start this war, or the one before.
Claiming innocence in starting wars, expressing a desire for peace.
cll we've ever wanted was to live in peace.
Desiring a peaceful life without involvement in wars.
War is the mindset of those threatened by the thought
War is a result of the fear of losing power and control.
Of losing power, and control, don't you see
Highlighting the mindset of those who feel threatened by the loss of power.
We have been our worst enemy.
Admitting that humanity has often been its own worst enemy.
But you and I have minds of our own,
Emphasizing individuality and the ability to think independently.
We can choose to disengage,
Choosing to disengage from collective misconceptions.
From the collective misperception,
Rejecting the misperception of the type of war being waged.
Of the kind of war that's being waged here.
Living in fear due to the current state of conflict.
We're living in fear.
Reiterating the prevailing atmosphere of fear.
Life, like the stream running through,
Life is compared to a stream, flowing through various terrains.
The many hills and plaines of landscape you,
Describing the diversity of landscapes that life traverses.
To meet the greater body of the sea.
Symbolizing life meeting a greater body, akin to unity.
There, not diminished but built upon,
Life is not diminished but strengthened when it returns to its origin.
It returns itself to where it came from,
Life follows a cyclical pattern, returning to its source.
So can it be with you and me.
Drawing a parallel, suggesting a similar cyclical renewal for individuals.
We are the heart and soul of our greater whole.
Emphasizing individuals as essential components of a larger whole.
cll we've ever wanted was to come home to ourselves.
Desiring to return to a sense of self and unity.
Since time immemorial there's been conflict and war,
Referring to conflicts throughout history, existing since time immemorial.
Each new one greater than the one before.
Each war is portrayed as surpassing its predecessor in magnitude.
Don't you see we have been our sole enemy?
Admitting that humanity has been its own main adversary throughout history.
But you and I can break the circle,
Encouraging a break from the cycle of conflict and war.
We don't have to feed the flames.
Rejecting the perpetuation of conflict by refusing to contribute.
Pointing fingers, blaming others.
Denouncing the habit of blaming others and fueling the flames of discord.
We are all to blame around here,
Accepting collective responsibility for living in fear.
For living in fear.
Concluding by acknowledging shared responsibility for the prevailing fear.
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