Bullets and weapons
Bullets and weapons
intended for the so-called enemy
can quickly turn around and target each other.
Bullets and weapons
as ammunition for ethnic war and fratricide.
It happened in Yugoslavia.
It happens in so many places in the world.
Let us not declare each other enemies any more.
Let us enter into dialogue with each other.
Harsh words and aggressive deeds
always damage our own soul and body.
Let us transform bullets and weapons
into stars of light
for the nights in our lives together.
As Annalisa Cannito does
in Tito’s bunker in Konjic-Bosnia.
As so many people in the world do,
with small and bigger stories of reconciliation and peace.
As Francis did in and around Assisi.