A Poem for Peace

Guns, bombs mines and tortures

Form its massive sound

But, within its power, within its might

And within its fearful threats

Peace is not to be found

If we kill people, with whom will we live?

The enemy is not a person; it lies within each of us

Perhap just perhap it takes only one more person

To shake the temple bell of compassion

To light a candle of love, and to hold up their hand

In courageous refusal

to the enemies lurking within each of us

To finally break the grip of violence over our world

Then, truly then, peace will be found.