Prayers
Of
Peace
Right now, there are more than 30 wars raging across the world. If only the energy put into killing each other, manufacturing arms and being confrontational was put into caring for the planet and caring for each other, life would be so much happier… for so many of us.
Aware of Conflict
The spirit of conflict
Brought us together
Watching from above
We held peace in our hearts
We witnessed souls at war
Uniforms, marching in time
Tanks, rockets, death machinery
And when night fell
Arbitrary victims
Old people indoors
Homeward children
Women shopping
All would be victims
Aware of conflict
We said
This must end
It came to pass
And so it will pass
In prayer
Standing side-by-side
High on a hill-top
Surveying angry skies
We summoned the power of love
Together
We held compassion in our hands
We invoked messengers
Angels of peace
We charged them
To bring conflict to an end
Once and for all time