And So I Pictured Peace
…and so I pictured peace
…and so I pictured peace.
the lea of the meadow at sunset
meadowlarks chasing invisible bugs,
unfelt breeze riffling the tall grass,
the halo of summer warmth.
unknown to me a battle raged
within the gentle stillness,
a struggle for balance, for survival,
for continuation of the species,
the struggle to achieve stasis.
…and so I questioned peace
and its aberrant deficiencies.
its state of constant flux,
conflicts over air, water, nutrients,
its need to be delicately tended.
…and so I came to know peace
not as a utopian hammock
but as a vibrant and living meadow
that must abide the necessity of change
while respecting the changes of necessity.
a peace that dances across the riffling grass
honors both the meadowlark and bug
paid homage in the warmth of sunset gold,
a peace that knows the burden of its halo.
2/27/2015
Submitted to – Pick a Subject – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Shadow Hamilton
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2015
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