Chains

Retaliation

you hurt me, I hurt you

action reaction

tit for tat

just desserts

a scoreboard of hurt

that never reaches a balance

Escalation

what you dished was more

than what I gave

I'll teach you

settle the score

up the ante

make you bleed

until you apologize to me

Incarceration

We're trapped in a game

where there's no winner

hurt breeds hurt

no healing end

two wrongs

can't make it right

only forgiveness can set us free