What is ‘peace’ anyways?

Peace is a dream

An impossible possibility

A possible impossible

A nightmare

A fantasy

A desire

Peace is a thought

A rainbow of colors

A rainbow

Of religion

Origin, sex, culture, belief

Of skin, size, shape, control

Peace is death

A tree

A butterfly

A connection

Peace is mine

And yours too

Peace is over there

As well as here

Peace is being dead

Or alive

At the right place

Right time

Peace is a dream

A dream to become true

A true dream

Very real

I have made peace and so can you

Martin Luther King Jr.

John F. Kennedy

Jesus and Moses

Rosa Parks

and Georgia O'Keeffe

John Lennon

Martha Graham

Maya Angelou

and Betty Ford

Harriet Tubman

Gloria Steinem

Harvey Milk

and all the people at the shopping mall

I have made peace and so can you

Help me help you.

Help yourself

Your poor self

Find it

Deep inside

Peace

Then you can make it

Make it possible

Start from within

Listen do not hear

Speak do not talk

Reach do not fade

Touch do not feel

Love do not preach

Peace do not peace

Peace do not peace

Peace

Peace

© 1997 David Greg Harth

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Warmth

It’s the fire inside

The feeling inside

The change among us

The squirrel at the tree

It’s the fire inside

The butterflies in love

The sun on your chest

The rhythm and beat

The music of your feet

It’s the fire inside

The flame in the heart

The passion under the covers

The toasted marshmallow

It’s the fire inside

The better place

The real place

You and I

He and she

It’s the fire inside

Beyond a certain point

A boil of love

A boil of desire

It’s the fire inside

The warmth

Can you feel it

The depth

Every feeling

Every inch

The warmth inside

The fire inside

It’s the fire inside

The religion

The lust

The shared thoughts

The shadows

The clouds

It’s the fire inside

The warmth

© 1997 David Greg Harth

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