Peace

 

Peace lives

as the shadow of war-

where gunmen smell darkness

in every flower-

when this heart morphs

into a desert

peace comes out

as succulent

with spine-

peace is the mirage

of the green shadow,

walking with a lute

in hand-

yet you are deaf-

 

 

 

Posted for Susan’s Midweek Motif ~ Peace @ Poets United

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