Peace

When all the great songs
have already been sung
and every last bell 
has finally rung

I pray it is then
when our hope from above
shall descend to the Earth
like the gentlest dove

When every last page
has been written in pen
by the wisest of sages
and the meekest of men

And they close up the books
with the very last line
Perhaps we will give
our Creator some time

When there is no turning
to the left or the right
And we must look up
lest we lose the fight

May the swords we are holding
be removed from our hands
Let the bloodshed be done with
and the armies disband

When men are just men
and not colors or flags
with no more distinction
from riches to rags

May we then come together
as brothers in blood
as we pull one another up
out of the mud

With never a battle
to be lost or won
Nothing more to be proven
under the sun

Let the light of God's love
all our hearts overtake
and our differences fade
for humanity's sake

When all chatter and clatter
distractions are still
by dint of the Almighty's
sovereign will

And all the grand deeds
of industry cease
Perhaps then this world
shall finally know peace


© Mike Wise
1-19-23

Tags: Faith, Inspirational, Encouraging, Hope,