Best Peace Day Poems
The life we choose the choices we make
Knowing how much to give knowing how much to take
Now this equation is not simple at least not for me to ascribe
For a lifetime worth of pain and not once have I cried
It's not remedies or reason for this affliction which I seek
For I am pleased with the joys I have given while not needing to weep
Yet I cant help but wonder though as yet I have not tried
Would my life had been much different were I able to cry
For I have seen the results of tears when they are freely shed
How embraces would soon follow with soft strokes to ones head
Now I can love and be tender without much effort or strain
Yet I am unable to give comfort when tears fall like the rain
But I will always be loving and Gods gifts to me I will share
And maybe the day I meet him in heaven will be the day I shed my tear
April the second to be called "peoples peace day".
From Joe
April the second an international holiday, called peoples peace day.
The second of April as its the day after 'April fools day' I think the world populace
have been fools long enough to the cause and effect of wars.'
I would like all who agree to leave
a short message on Joes blog
I wish you all out there the very best,
want to hear from you and want to add; I know we can succeed ..'
p/s you can also leave feedback on my twitter account @maverixk_joe
A poetical essay by Percy Bysshe Shelley,
I stumbled across this by accident Don, it would make
a great read on any April the second holiday.' keep well mate..
Millions to fight compell'd, to fight or die
In mangled heaps on War's red altar lie . . .
When the legal murders swell the lists of pride;
When glory's views the titled idiot guide
Percy Bysshe Shelley
A sad truth for the mongrel aloof,
yet to die in vain is the matter,
make it a matter of pride? oh forsooth?
The Somme had the bones, yes to scatter,
Don Johnson
Thank you Joe Maverick, apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelly.
Click, Clack
The sound of their chains dragging the floor.
Chains
My ancestors were bound by their feet and legs.
Chains
journeying to a foreign land.
Childern and women on one side, Men on the other.
Brothers can't help their sisters, wives, or mothers they can't help one another.
Hush hear that sound low in the distance.
Swing low sweet chariot.
They sing a mighty hymn hoping and praying to one day go back home to the motherland.
Chains
Together side by side every day and night down in the belly of a ship so long can't remember the last sunrise.
Chains
Rusting, burning into the flesh but the slaves hang on.
Chains
One day They'll break, the slaves will be free because of their faith, and fight.
God will lead them to a better life.
Freedom, Freedom that great day when my ancestors broke free of those chains.
It's day one of the rest of our lives
Beginning as it usually does
But this one seems a little bit different
The old world is all abuzz
It's all abuzz with great excitement
Something's about to take place
Has this old world finally realized a truth
We're destroying the human race
Since the very beginning of time it seems
Wars have forever been fought
Over land, religion and ideologies
In a web of destruction we're caught
A day of awakening is about to take place
We have finally seen the light
From this day on wars will be abolished
Peace is finally in sight
Am I dreaming out loud? Can this be true?
Pinch me to make sure I'm awake
Let's hope this time it's more than a dream
But reality for all our sakes!
© Jack Ellison 2013
as always,the cycle af night and day
produces weeks,month and seasons
the old year races fast
into the belly of a welcoming past
and a new one is speedily emerging
from the pregnant womb of the morning
as the seasonal cycle procedes
every sunrise brings a day anew
and its dawn signalled another day to renew
may each cycle of days bring you
joy,happiness and strenght to see you through
I can't stop thinking of you
until the day is through
when the lights go down
and not a sound
can be heard
Not one word
Will I mutter
of my love for you
although it may last forever
when the day is done
and night has come
not one word will I say
about my love for you.
My lips shall
Stay closed
I’ll hold myself close
Pretending,
Wishing it was you
But you’re gone
And in the night
I think of you
And in the day
I think of you
My light,
My sunshine,
My angel,
In the darkness,
I think of you
Your memory
Keeps me going
Keeps my heart beating
Let’s me know
That it’s all alright.
Not another word
will I whisper
Not another
Want shall I moan
No matter how much I want you,
My angel,
My angel,
I’ll stay quiet
And watch you
As you live on
Without me
My memory
Haunting you
Like shadows on the walls
As you live on
Needing me
As much as I need you
An unforgettable love
We share.
So
When the lights go down
And all is dead
I’ll try my best
To stop thinking of you
My girl.
The struggle of life..
The battle is not over, either the peace is not dead
Between the struggle of life is a pain in the world
The objects are not achieved
either the struggle have brought triumph
Between the two walls of hatred, life still found horrible
The games are played in the battlefield with human life
while God is kept as an Umpire
In the battlefield men grapple each other and die
and bring glory for his country just for nothing
We are human creature and our life is a great mystery
And day to day we are living with paralyzing fear
Our life is so much of struggle without peace
and sweeping with confused thoughts.
We travel different journeys with different paths
Our journey is either short or long
but never meant to stay for ever
But during our stay we have to find a peace of life
and it is only possible through the Kingdom of Heaven.
Ravi Sathasivam / Sri Lanka
Copyright @2006 Ravi Sathasivam
Paper rain falling dark gray sky
Many tears falling disaster on the rise
Many eyes searching for the love lost
From the hate that fell from the sky
So much life gone so hard for those
Who had to survive
Searching for answers for what could
Have gone wrong
Trying to stay strong as they try to explain
To the young at heart how one day
Hate came to devastate and take
The peace bring a storm of pain
And lost love to never be found
On sacred grounds we mourn and pray
For those we lost on a September day
Who is to say we build from old to new
So few knew those lost but on that day
The world held hands to pray
For the fate of those we lost from hate
Now we wont ever forget the date
The world stud still and came together
Hand in hand together we stand
To remember that warm September
Flowers will lay words will be said
Tears will fall memories relived
The world will hold hands once again
To pray for peace and love for those who remain
I pray for peace around the world
Each day on bended knee
So why does such a prayer of peace
Go unanswered, answer me
Its not that God doesn’t hear the prayer
He wants the same you see
God prays for peace around the world
Each day on bended knee
But his prayers remain unanswered
For mankind is deafened to his plea
Would that all wars were over from this day
no more bullets bombs no more death I pray
on bloodied battlefields to end loves dream
let the angel of peace weave her magic ray
The strident bugle sounds that echoed long
silenced now that the battle's cries are strong
jubilant shouts arise this day in victory sweet
declaring to be conquerors right or wrong
Let heads be bowed, give thanks to the lord
as people once more can live in accord
dreams long lost now see light of the day
let peace bells ring as spirits soared
I long for silence
a day in the sun
when all these harsh whispers
are quiet and undone
I hear an angel somewhere
calling falling
softly in his rage of flight
burning out in the twilight
A prayer in silence is a blessing
a life lived hard through the testing
what can the blind be missing
when god is in the art of kissing
A portrait of a saint
a face in the mirror
my heart in hand
my love inferrior
A tree comes down
a tree now dead on ground
i heard it cry yesterday
now no sound or anything to say
Is this the earth i wanted to save
full of broken hearts and unmarked graves
I bled so long, i've done such wrong
every broken life was a job well done
Soldiers in handbags
sally forth sally forth
a cross in a fist
to show you god's worth
I guess it makes some sense
for some to show some recompense
for all the things they had done
oh god the things they had done
For just one day of silence
a day in the sun
where I didn't hear a gunshot
when we weren't killing someone
Listen intently..' peace.)
Munitions roar' the worlds mouth!
Utter death! and denial.'
Much life is lost, too bad.!
How do we count? In evil score?
Let us wipe the slates clean.!
Dared to smile' to think?
Open a vista, the chink of plates
This cup overflow' cease.'
Awaken all peoples
To explore of each chance? piece'
Let it fall, in laps today !
Denying gloom, deny hate'
Give hope a breathing space
Listen intently.' Peace!
Today International Peace Day
Dozens of years of war
Or Referendum
Or Peace
Of Course, Referendum is a way to Peace
So I adore you
sunrise
the sun breaks through the horizon
hues of orange and pink
envelope the whole sky
it’s a brand new day
follow your heart
let it take you places you
have never been before
the horizon is ahead of you
it calls you to come also
experience the sunset
of the new day past
and a new day to come
The sun is brightly shineing
What a great day for a hike,
Its a fun way to exercise
Pack a lunch if you like.
Jagged rocks with moss
Water streaming steadily down,
Nature is so peaceful and calm
Will make a smile out of any frown.
Wonderful mountain top views
Peaks of rays from the sun,
Feeling of wanting to go further
Pure family fun for everyone.
As the day winds down
The sun fading away,
A beutiful senset appears
Its been a rememberable day.