Sitting with crossed legs.

for fire they had done it
for diamonds

for women and sometimes because of women,
very beautiful ones even
for their countries and their homes
for their languages and ...
for water supply
and obviously for the money

war after war
their blood had streamed
outside their veins
until out of oxygen

on a bright night
they realized

that one of the few things
that distinguished them
and no one could take away
from them

was perhaps their

sitting with legs crossed