2016 Napowrimo challenge

Peace in our world (poem 3)

247 words
31 lines

Peace in our World
By Lisa Noe

We seek peace where there is harm.
We look to our brother to pull us
Forward towards something, away
From destruction, hate and war.
In the east we see the sun rise
It sets in the west and that’s no surprise.
We’ve come to expect certain things in life,
But remove us please from war and famine.
From the pestilence of this broken world.
Together we can fix the malignancies that
Haunt us and bring us down to the depths of
The depraved. Where brother kills brother and
Neighbors are bitter enemies. We can work hard
Together to reform our great nations. Move forward
Towards a better tomorrow, to leave this world
Better than we found it----to give to our children and our
Children’s children better than what we’ve known.
As we stand at the top of the world and look down
We find it is good and can be made only better by the
Love we bring to one another. That we not judge one by
The color of their skin, or by there religion, or nationality.
We should see all humans as children of a Greater Power.
We should feed the hungry, take in the homeless, teach the
Young and old alike—we should act towards helping our
Fellow man. Do not make war with your enemy instead
Make them your friend, discuss rationally your differences
And see where you can live and let live as long as human
Life is not in peril.