Bombings

You go back and forth

What you do to them
What they do to you

Your retribution
For what they did to you
Strengthens them
Their strength

Strengthens you

You never crush one another

You do, however

Crush those of us who take off
The armor

You do, however

Succeed in killing gentleness

With your vests and backpacks
With your guns and helicopters
And sports sunglasses

You won't kill them
But you will  trample us