Affliction, agony, anguish
Deceit, deception, despair
Grief, heartache, torture
Wretchedness sans repair
Suffer not the consequences
Of the world you make
Martyr not your Brutus
Sprawled on wooden stake
Omnipotent, dynamic, forceful
Precursor, piety, greed
Of all the gold in Africa
Of all the lives in need
Call off the Druks
Cast guns aside
Uncross the path
Where worlds collide
Hold hope to heart
Give feed to birth
Give chance to life
Give all their worth.
Poems of Peace: Darfar and Beyond
Poems of Peace: Darfur and Beyond reflects on the American Dream, the global situation and the resilient nature of man. It embodies the notion that peace is not only a goal, but a means to the goal that is peace. Passionate, heartfelt, hopeful and desperate—this diverse collection of poems touches on the emotions and complexities of peace within the world today. “One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not take sharpest-eyed sophistication to discern that while everybody talks about peace, peace has become practically nobody’s business among the power-wielders. Many men cry Peace! Peace! But they refuse to do the things that make for peace.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
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