photo: Look Through Any Window by Kathleen Lienke

 
 

Peace

 
 

No weapons but love - no message but peace
No weapons but love - no message but peace
Through swirling white
This black knight
Rides a shining stead
Cloaked in scarlet - booted in black
With no sword at his side - shielded only by the wind
Racing ahead of time
A harbinger of fury
In the storm at his back

No weapons but love - no message but peace
No weapons but love - no message but peace
To stem the rising tide
The arms open wide
To embrace the arms of conflict
To hold them back - to hold them down
To hold them deep inside
With acknowledgement - with awareness
With understanding - with love
With conviction - with strength
With compassion - with forgiveness
With tolerance - with gentleness
But no office
No position - no executive power
No weight of decision
No bombs - no war

No message but love - no weapons but peace
No weapons but love - no message but peace
No bombs - no war
No bombs - no war
No weapons but love - no message but peace
No dominance - no control - no oppression
No more
No more bombs - no war
No weapons but love - no message but peace
No message but love - no weapons but peace

No to war - no to war
No war no more - no more war
No more weapons but love - no message but peace
No weapons – love
No message - peace