The Day Peace Broke Out
We think of ideal solutions, but fail to predict the consequences.
The Day Peace Broke Out
Imagine if a peace broke out
In every town and neighbourhood
And that each person in their mind
Forgave the other, turned to good.
We’d then forget the old disputes,
Imagined slights and open wounds,
The thoughts that make you toss at night,
Wake with unease and give you grounds
For carrying on the spite and hate,
The blind dislike and threatened fear
The weakness of inadequates
And would it last a day? A year?
A minute or a second? Then
Someone would look and see a face
Expressionless, with absent gaze
And with a preconceived distaste
Assume it evil, bad or rude
And start again recycled hate
Pick on a tiny word or move
And we’d be back to present state.
© e-griff 2023
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Ah, how we create divisions with ” itsts” and “isms” We are all made from the same stuff and most of us want the same things: To live in peace, prosperity and harmony.. Why then do we find it impossible to live together peacefully?
Very thought provoking write.
Thankyou. The easy answer is it’s an essential part of human nature, and that’s how the strongest genes survive in evolutionary terms. Evolution has no idealism. 🙂
A perceptive thought cleverly expressed in rhyme.
Thank you
Imagine all the people living for today… as a troubadour once sang, Enjoyed your poem… very perceptive. Regards, Mick.
You may think he was a dreamer….
Thank you.