Day 512/Ceasefire Day 42

Iftar

On top of the ruins of their home
a man and a woman have placed
a small table and two simple chairs.
Under a string of fairy lights — electrified
who knows how? — they are having
a meal.  They are breaking a fast.
Let all who think defeat has come
look hard at this scene:
they are eating together,
they are eating (who
knows what?) under the darkening
sky, and speaking
together.  Let all
who think they should be afraid
take in this scene.  Over 
their bombed-out house
this first Ramadan evening,
they are living their lives.  The rest
will come later.