Weapons, Masters, and the Right to Life

Anything can become a weapon
in the hands of someone who believes themselves a master.
Whips to reins, reins to flesh
what does it matter if the goal never changes?

They want us dead.

Why else would they split the land up
as surely as they try to split us up
split us open
while we cross borders
which are, how could they not be, another chance
to exercise violence.

It is nothing new under this sun.