Tuesday 7 March 2023

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.

2 comments: