Peace By Max Burchett

by Max Burchett Wars and rumors of war it is said will be forevermore. If that is the fate of mankind, what are we to do? How can we find a time of peace, harmony too? First could be to find a way somehow to stop wars raging now. Not so easily done of course; only when victory is forsaken, no hope for winning by force. But then war still goes on and on and on. No end, more impasse No peace possible No end in sight No peace, for all, lives lost. Wars and rumors of war echoing through time's corridor. If this is humanity's eternal plight, what path can we pursue to discover a respite, a time of peace, harmonious and true? First, we must seek a means to quell the strife, to halt the battles rife. Yet, it is not an easy feat for victory's allure is great. Anything else seen as defeat. One war ends, but sets the stage for another. Legacies that doom lasting peace. One war making enemies for as long a memories last, legacies of hate for lives lost. If cause of one war endures, strife and conflict the next war assures. Ambitions of rulers and kings Seeking glory and lands Conflicts on beliefs never stopping Never an Age of Aquarius all are seeking Kingdoms of men and kingdoms of gods Assure men and armies are at odds. No resolution, no truce Elusive peace, a distant muse The cycle continues unabated Lives shattered, dreams faded But hope must endure through darkness in hearts of the weary, yearnings for peace live. Can peace and tyranny coexist? There comes a time to resist, not peace at any cost. For the oppressed, peace is already lost. Good must act early in the right to stop evil growing to greater might. Best war is stopped before it starts, but for wars already raging, thinking must be of finding an ending that is not the gateway to the road of ongoing chapters to new battles, adding hope to the book of life, not death. Art by garten-gg