Of Peace And Nonviolence
I think about the Camp David Accords / I think about the Oslo Peace Accord s / I think about the fall of the Berlin Wall / I think about the exclusionary nature of border walls / I think about the resonance of détente / And the power found in sitting down to talk / I think about peace and nonviolence / I see men never striking women again / I never see another Cain / Rise up to strike down Abel / A fellow brother / I see no more need for COPs / aka Citizens on Patrol in the city wherein they live / I see people loving their neighbor as themselves / I see peace and nonviolence / I hear the poem The Rose of Peace by William Butler Yeats / I hear loud and clear John Lennon’s magnum opus Imagine / I hear Sting singing, if the Russians love their children too / I hear Give Peace A Chance by the Plastic Ono Band / I hear Marvin Gaye’s singing What’s Going On / And Maya Angelou’s poem The Rock Cries Out to Us Today / I hear peace and nonviolence / I remember the n