Give Peace a Chance

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Give Peace a Chance



Again we're on the brink

And we may not sink

But we cease to think

Because of our past link



What is it that makes man

Hate another man

With so much venom

We can hardly fathom



Is it fear of the unexpected

That make them so dejected

That they would kill

Using all their skill



Is it just to keep going

Their machine producing

Machinations of destruction

Against another warring nation



The so-called peace maker

Is not a qualifier

For she sat by unrelented

As her own were maltreated



She went around the world so hot

Doing good or so she thought

Yet all her good deeds

Cocooned into bad seeds



I guess if we can't learn from history

The media will get another story

Until some other bigger bully

Comes to continue this willy-nilly



All the billions spent on war

Can be used and will go far

Against the catalysts of this predicament

Destroying our beautiful blue environment



Yes man! declare war against poverty

The homeless, landless and child slavery

Hunger, corruption, nepotism and crime

The drug lords, warlords and other slime



If only man can give peace a chance

Can you imagine the new dance

We can have everyone without fear

Holding hands in unity and prayer



But and if we continue like this

We're going to run out of bliss

Maybe you say, I am naïve, maybe not

For if we don't change, we're bound to rot



(245 words)

Author's Notes/Comments: 

This is my contribution to "Poets Against War"

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jgupta's picture

Hi Norman -- You are not naive but in this world we have morons going to war .. This attitude to hurt the body reminds me of seven year old days. Children fight to grow in body and adults? That I'm an adult;I feel shame; am I better than a moron having to share adult category with warmongers one against another rather than as you put in this wonderful verse
"Yes man! declare war against poverty
The homeless, landless and child slavery
Hunger, corruption, nepotism and crime
The drug lords, warlords and other slime" Wish we do find peace after our introspection.