Michael E. Harris Poet Epic

The Secret To Peace On Earth

ON AUGUST 21ST 2017
I FOUND MYSELF STANDING
IN THE STREETS OF 
WEISER IDAHO. U.S.A.
WITNESSING THE PHENOMENON
OF A SOLAR ECLIPSE.
A MOMENT IN TIME
I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE.

FOR THREE MINUTES
THE MOON BLOCKED OUT
THE SUN.
DARKNESS FELL ACROSS
THE LAND. THE TEMPERATURE
DROPPED ROUGHLY FIFTEEN
DEGREES. 
I WAS CONSUMED BY
THIS PHENOMENON AS I
ABSORBED THE BEAUTY
OF PEACE AND TRANQUILITY.

AT THAT MOMENT,
WHEN THE MOON BLOCKED
OUT THE SUN. NATURE
EXEMPLIFIED IT'S WISDOM
AND KNOWLEDGE OF EXISTENCE. 
I NOTICED THE BIRDS
STOPPED CHIRPING AND
BEES STOPPED BUZZING
AND THE CRICKETS BEGAN
TO CHIRP.

IT WAS TRULY AN AMAZING
MOMENT IN TIME. A RELAXED, 
PEACEFUL AND HYPNOTIC
FEELING. IT WAS A MAGICAL
EXPERIENCE. THERE WAS AN
INSTANCE OF TIME BETWEEN
THE BIRDS CHIRPING STOPPING
AND THE CRICKETS CHIRPING
BEGINNING. IT WAS LESS THAN
ONE SECOND AND STILL A LIFE TIME.
I FOUND IT TO BE AND CONSIDER IT A
PROFOUND MOMENT IN MY LIFE.

THE INSTANT THE MOON
GAVE WAY TO THE SUNS
BRILLIANCE ANOTHER
PHENOMENON OCCURRED.
THE SUNS RAYS LIT UP
OUR SURROUNDINGS AND
WARMED THE AIR. THE
CRICKETS STOPPED CHIRPING
AND THE BIRDS REJOICED
THROUGH SONG. ANOTHER
PROFOUND MOMENT OF PEACE.
EVEN THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY
AN INSTANT.
EXPERIENCING THAT MOMENT
WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
LOVED ONES IS PRICELESS
AND FOREVER BOUNDS US TOGETHER.

REFLECTING BACK ON THOSE
PROFOUND MOMENTS AND
INSTANCES IN LIFE , I
REALIZED ALL THOUGHTS IN 
MY MIND HAD BEEN SET ASIDE
AND CLEARED ALLOWING ME
TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF
PEACE ON EARTH VIA THE
SOLAR ECLIPSE.

I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION.
WORLD PEACE OR PEACE ON
EARTH IS POSSIBLE.
IF EVERY PERSON ON EARTH,
EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD.
AT THE VERY SAME TIME,
TOOK FIVE MINUTES TO CLEAR
THEIR MINDS OF ALL THOUGHTS.
THE EARTH AND WORLD AND 
EVERYONE ON IT WOULD 
EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF 
PEACE AND THE PHENOMENON
OF LOVE AND BEING.

Michael E.Harris
01292022

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