Bernard Barclay Poet Narrative

Peace Can Only Happen

"I can't change the way I feel"
"but yes you can"
"Go and watch a comedian
and they will make an audience laugh"

"I am not responsible for your emotions"
"but yes you are"
"yell and scream at me and that will create anger"
"every action has a reaction"

A family that spends their live's 
screaming at their children
teach their children to scream at other people
a family that spends their time in anger 

Teach their children to be angry
the family that teach their children to fight
put them on the road to fighting
each statement is true and yet is also false

With life the child is also an actor in the play
a child taught to hate can learn to love
a child taught to fight can learn to care
a child taught to play can learn to hate

We live in a world where we can build peace
but if you teach your child to fight
then we must teach ours to fight as well
peace can only happen when we all agree to peace.

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