Creating Peace

Dawn Shines on Peace


armies fleeing snakes
the volcano speaks
the earth shakes


men climb like mice
tanks explode
running
sliding in mud
scrambling
clutching roots for life


alone
fighting through darkness
thick jungle
lightning
falling trees
deafening thunder


sun dawning
1000 souls
enemy soldiers
suddenly together


my eyes meet
my enemy
in a flash


I see eternity
me, a soldier, 1000 years before
me, my son killed at war
me, a Muslim
me, a Jew
me, a Yogi
me, you


your eyes shine love
we embrace
Mother is still
roses perfume us
children heal