Tuesday, December 18, 2012

p e a c e

i don't need much
really i don't
just the simple 
stuff 
is all i 
want
expect 
need

like 
peace

peace of mind
so that when
i wake up in the 
middle of the early morning....
         and the list of all the 
              should haves 
                  and could haves 
                      begin ticking away....
i find that calm 
still place 
and know 
everything is going to be ok

peace
is 
really a simple thing

we all want it
need it
but it seems so many things 
get in the way 

we have rights
and we have fears
and when 
these things mix 
together
and the unexpected is added
horrible events sometimes occur

and when horrible events 
occur we
wrestle with ourselves and each other

peace
it's such a simple 
reality
and yet it eludes us

in the wake of 
violence we call 
even louder for peace

peace
it's so 
very simple

and yet...

i don't need a lot 
i just need 
peace
and i 
think the same 
might be true for you

it's not lost
though some seem to talk as if it is
it's not impossible
though there are days 
it does not seem possible

peace
peace
 
together we can find it
make it
savor it.



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