Seeking Peace In Times Of War

Seeking Peace In Times Of War

A Poem by daninstockholm
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An open poem of peace to President Obama

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Seeking peace in times of war

Rush, pause, begin again

Cycles of endlessness

 

Seeking wisdom in times of lies

Open close and open again

Old books mislead the foolish

 

Spark of genius is hushed away

Mind opened then closed then never opened again

Walls built of stone, fear and intolerance

 

We showed these lines to our mother

She smiled, wept and smiled again

The earth lay in silence awaiting her death

 

We showed them to a minister

He prayed, cursed us, his faith, life, marriage then prayed again

His death is but a certainty and he is afraid

 

We showed them to the President

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Read the first three stanzas and begin again

© 2015 daninstockholm


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Added on July 29, 2015
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daninstockholm
daninstockholm

Stockholm, Sweden



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Time gives us moments made up of empty canvasses. How will you use yours? Happily married male, American born but now happy to be living in Stockholm, loves to learn and experience new things new p.. more..

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