Wage Peace by Judith Hill

[OWiseOne]

Wage peace with your breath.
Breathe in firemen and rubble,
breathe out whole buildings and
flocks of red wing blackbirds.
Breathe in terrorists and
breathe out sleeping children and
freshly mown fields.
Breathe in confusion and
breathe out maple trees.
Breathe in the fallen and
breathe out lifelong friendships intact.
Wage peace with your listening:
hearing sirens, pray loud.
Remember your tools: flower seeds,
clothes pins, clean rivers.
Make soup.
Play music, learn the word for thank you in three languages.
Learn to knit, and make a hat.
Think of chaos as dancing raspberries,
imagine grief as the outbreath of beauty or the gesture of fish.
Swim for the other side.
Wage peace.
Never has the world seemed so fresh and precious-
Have a cup of tea and rejoice.
Act as if armistice has already arrived.
Don't wait another minute.

[Nicky]

I love this poem! Currently I am reading "Peace is the Way" by Deepak Chopra and your poem carries the same message but in a lovelier, poetic way. Thoughts like this feed my heart and soul. Thanks for sharing!

[Merri Hiatt]

This is so beautiful and thought-provoking. Thanks so much for sharing it.