La Paz

 

Peace is so relative-

Ideals of a globe in belligerent clods

Fleeting federal words of faith-good will

Humankind.

 

Peace is all so relative-

A misty field of wild breezing petals

Fireflies snapping, buzzing in synchronization

Or a document falsely acknowledged by ignorant millions

Or a power-grabbling few.

 

Peace is so relative-

Suppose It is the intermission of a

Gruesome drama for the others watching on

Mocking naïveté,

Carefully flutter around the toxic earth

And be cautious not to lay breath on mines.

 

Peace is all so relative-

Not behind closed doors is Peace conceived,

But within the mentality of masses does it thrive

And emerge into Sun.

 

So-to all those millions around me-

PEACE.

 

12 May 2004