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How Would You Be in War?A thoughtful glance back at Corona – and a pressing question for us all: How would you act in war? 
Hey neighbors, friends, and colleagues, Acquaintances, kin, and clubmates dear – we never talked about Corona. I thought I'd forget how you were that year. But now a tension stirs inside, that points ahead, not just behind. Merz unlocks the weapons wide, Russia keeps Berlin in its sight. While we pretend that life is fine, the war stands waiting, just outside. And then I’m struck by memories, of your exclusion, scorn, and blame – the distance grown, the cold disowning, the mocking mouths that knew no shame. And I wonder: How would you be in war? We never spoke of wounds inflicted, of what that time between us tore. Just slight regrets, half-admissions: "Perhaps the measures went too far." 
But no one really knew, you say, so you obeyed, just played along – like Diederich Hessling, following orders, only without the marching song. I’m not asking for grand displays, no ash on heads, no tearful plea – just one talk on how we might face the next crisis: you and me. Because what happened – it was violent, for those with eyes to truly see. We can’t just quietly delete it, and call that healing, silently. We need to talk about it, someday. And I ask myself: How would you be in war? How would you treat me if I told you I’m against all arms and war? If I stood tall and boldly stated: “I won’t be marching out that door”? What would you do if I stood holding a cardboard sign out in the street, on which in black and desperate letters the cry of “Never again” repeats? And if you sent your children off – because it must be – to the front, and I kept mine well hidden? Would you claim I lack all honor, since I refuse to let them go? Would you search, expose, betray them – “Orders are orders,” as you know? How would you be in war? I ask myself that question more each day. Would you obey, once more, unthinking, just follow orders, come what may? Would you again, against your heart, march like Hessling, step by step; or this time, for your kin and country, finally say: “No – I won’t accept”? I ask myself: How would you be in war? And yet I dread what I might hear. For even in war, each stays the same – still being what they most appear. Author: AI Translation - found online | 15.06.2025 |
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