Universal Truce

Silent the guns and call your enemy to say hello, as long as there is life in you and empathy in mutual suffering by the massacring virus invading us like a shrewd salesman of death. Senseless arms buildup and proxy wars keep fuel on its fire burning us alive. Its catastrophe knows no bounds and we may well be receiving its first wave like an unending tsunami intent on submerging all, with no pity for our piety, or romantic isolationism. Let peace reign, like clear air, so we marshal our energy toward the common foe spreading its eagle wings of death like a dark and venomous cloud. Match its irreverence for life with neighborly love. Fight its undeclared war with touch of humanity. Repel its evil spirit by planting the sapling soul of peace in your heart. Embrace universal truce so we may all live through this dark carnival.