Sunday 21 September 2008

International Peace Day

And the guns fell down
The hateful shrill
Of warmongers
And profiteers
Awed to silence
By the stirring innocence
Of a newborn's breath
And we sought
On this day
In our imaginings
In our hearts
In our caring minds
The art of love
And life
And justice
In peacetime

John

1 comment:

Julia Riber Pitt said...

May peace be with you too.