Separation

on the long division of actual life

For the past week or so I’ve had this Trampled by Turtles lyric swimming through my consciousness:

Never plain nor simple
It's breaking my heart
But I'm working hard
To separate
War from beauty

I confess: I don’t quite understand what it means. I’ve never considered myself “good” at deciphering poetry but I imagine poetry is not meant to be decoded, but rathe…