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Ticking For All

The road to peace has been rejected, 
and the road to war has been accepted. 
One is better than the other; one tears 
people apart, while the other brings them 
together. 

The choice is between love or war, and the 
question is what is war? War promotes 
aggression, and greed. It destroys people 
who are poor and in need. It takes away 
the freedom from people's lives. It kills 
fathers, sons, and daughters and wives. 

Why would people choose hate over peace? 
What is it I don't see? This state of affairs 
puzzles me. Why would we chose death over 
life? What is it about death that makes it 
right? 

The road to peace has been open since the
 first man and woman walked on Earth. 
It's always been pregnant, but has never 
given birth; it has always been fought for in 
every corner of the Earth. 

People keep saying 'let's have peace on 
Earth,' but people keep ending up dead 
and buried in the dirt. What is it that makes 
people comfortable in living in a state of 
hell, like drowning in water of a bottomless 
well? 

The day of peace sill waits for all of us to 
come. When this happens, then it will it be done. 
The clock is still ticking on the wall. It's 
not ticking for one, but it's ticking for ALL!

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