Think Peace Beyond War

Dedicated to Celia Lang, Peace and Justice activist RIP

Think about the present, and times before

Recognise uncomfortable truths don't ignore,

Consider the follies of man, wounds unspoken

Contemplate the future, when we are gone.

Think about the injustices of life

Who's fighting now for a better world,

Of those suffering in pain because of conflict

That hurts us all but them much more.

Think of those who constantly talk of peace

With honesty and sincerity, reason release,

As leaders of nations spread political lies

As they have done since days long past.

Think of those who have lost family and friends

Lives wasted on battlefields for no noble cause;

Those who have witnessed carnage and destruction

Innocent children torn apart, blown into smithereens.

Think of the war profiteers counting their cash

Who enable the tyrants to kill their own people,

To torture and maim with gross immorality

To occupy and attack others lands with impunity.

Think of the kinder more compassionate souls

Those with loving, nobler, hearts and minds,

Never cease trying to break the chains that bind

So that the afflictions of humanity no longer grind.