To shoot a person.
There must be hesitation.
And yet,when the trigger is pulled—
something breaksinside the heart.
Training—that becomes the excuse.
While making excuses,the finger tightenson the trigger.
Calling it training,the advance continues.
The deploymentgrows longer.
Soldiers tire.Civilians suffer.
And still—the trigger is pulled.
Bullets flyinto the universe.
Human bloodseeps into the ground.
Reality itselfbecomes a universe.