Tension

Two sides Two perspectives Neither good nor evil But with obvious opinions But who knew that destruction Could be caused by one act And cause so much tension That utopias lack But tension is like waves Upon jagged shores Breaking us like rocks Striking at our cores And over time we slip Into the cracks of anger And misunderstanding Is sure to waver One side yells, "Fire!" And the other commands, "Follow suit!" So sanity deteriorates With nuclear weapons in hot pursuit Is there a hope For a world with no tolerance? And if there is no hope, The world will not end in silence.