Wars

A man once told me his definition of war was when he laid in a ditch next to an unnamed man believing he wasn’t leaving that ditch

I tried to show his unlearning ears that there was more than one type of war…

Wars are found when the teen girl eats despite her friends telling her she’s gained weight

Wars are found when the man wakes up and goes to work even though he’s tired

Wars are found when the woman looks herself in the mirror and tells the voices in her head to stop

When all the teen girl wants is to be loved, no matter the number on her scale

When all the man wants is to crawl back under the covers

When all the woman wants is to end the voices

And they keep going, keep fighting their wars because they know one day that they will win

Those are wars too