Does continual conflict serve it's point? If the point has not gotten across by now, it probably never will. Does breaking all ties and retreating back to the cave in a stubborn self-rightousness harbor resolution? When is it right to surrender to your adversaries, to throw in the white flag, so to speak?
You can forgive and forget. And when you finally do forget, you can finally understand peace. But, how do we come to that place of willing to surrender, and after we are so willing, how do we actually surrender? I believe a good warrior is best friends with her enemy because she knows him well. She knows him so well that she can **** him. And he knows her so well that he can duck before she attempts to chop his head off. If they weren't enemies, they would be husband and wife. What's the difference? ;-) We must see beyond the illusion that we are each others' enemies. We must see the dignity of our humanness, we must recognize the fragility of our bodies, our hearts, our souls. And when we do see one another as just another guy doing the best he can, we can have empathy. With sincere compassion, we can lay the conflict to rest. We can remember that we all make mistakes, even terrible ones, but that we all were innocent children once. If we can see each other in the light of innocence, it may help us surrender to our adversaries and come to a passionate peace, most importantly, a peace within ourselves.
This is not a poem, yet I desire to share it with you. Please feel free to disagree with me. :-)
