The Flower and the Rifle

Don't you see?
We are the same
my petal is the trigger
giving birth and death
the same mother
the trigger is my petal
giving death and birth
the same father
Don't you see?
we must carry the flower and the rifle
giving but one to the advancing stranger
who knows not of birth or death
but trods unknowing in Allah's world of motionless purity
the echo of falling petals and casings
brings His stillness
Don't you see?

attributed to Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
but not verified

I think I'm at the lower end of contemplation here, Tom