(I am reblogging this today. It was part of a three part poem I wrote in 2016. A longing for peace that has only increased.)
How many tears
Can the oceans hold?
When will this violence
Cease?
What will stop the cycle?
More violence is not the answer!
Have we not learned that, yet?
It only prolongs and increases
The destruction and death.
We must wake up!
All must do the work
Of the farmer
Go back to the basics
Sow the seeds of peace
Tears of repentance
And forgiveness
The courageous ones
Will walk towards their enemies
With hands empty
Save for peace
This earth does not belong
To those who devour it
But to the Meek
The gentle of heart
The tide will turn
Wait for it
© 2016 Julie Clark
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