Peace not War by Patricia Lithuanian (Poem used for Speech Choir) - Thinkers, Writers & English Lovers Corner

Peace Not War 

- a poem written by Patricia Lithuanian.
It is widely used in Speech Choir Presentations.

Peace not War 

Boom! Blood! Flesh! Struggle and Fear,

surrounding in the Atmosphere.

If one is sulky, one is scorned; if one is not a noble, one is a peasant. 

There are drugs, abuses, sex and injustices. 

And the only thing that rules the earth is

IMMORALITY.

 

Shhhhhh! Silence! For the end may come. 

Voices are not made to speak the truth but to shout

and SCREAM.

Eyes are not made to see the reality but to hide the facts and cry and weep. 

And the hands are not made to reach out but to fight instead! 

This is not yet over. This is chaos! This is what we call, WAR!

 

It was a day of infamy.

Last September 11, 2001, when an airplane crushed its way into human life, 

the United States of America's World trade center shattered!

BOOM!

Tranquility and harmony were lost. Roaming outside BOOM!

 

Many lives were gone in just a blink of an eye. 

Mothers died, fathers vanished, and brothers suffered

 leaving no more but distress and pieces of mind and soul. 

Guess what the cause is? TERRORISM! 

Brought by the power of this indespicable greed.

 

Is this the beginning of the 3rd world war or is this

the featured prophecy of Nostradamus? 

God forbids 

though in this world where everyone is divided by walls 

that separates the east and west through religion 

and all living creatures that exist came from only one creator.

 

TERRORISM,

bloodshed, showering of bullets, bombs and

missiles, biochemical weapons and DEATH!

The Story of why many human beings who were

victimized and sought for moral righteousness.

TERRORISM!

 Start walking on ice where beings die in a shivering cold and lose their lives.

Get out of my life! I was there. I was there. I was there. And shout!

Will there be an end?

End?

End? End? End? End?

Look and you will see war.

 Flesh and rage haunting in the street of US, UK, Afghanistan and now IRAQ.        

Listen! And you will hear the cry of the trouble of

our fate. So now, eliminate all your senses.

Talk and you will not be heard

for your rights are separate from the other turfs.

 Behold for the riches of life were broken

 because we are dreamers!

STOP! This is hatred, hatred and hatred!

 

You, who did cause for the voice of the youth.

Youth who had the right

to behold for the unity and progress

of the future year. It’s time to wake up!

It’s time to do something, and the

clock is ticking and the time will be over

and then…

10. Selfishness

9. Arrogance

8. Hate

7. Injustice

6. Pride

5. War

4. Kindness

3. Respect

2. Love, and the last

1. Peace

It is peace and wisdom we want. Like a steel pad

that serves us on its path

 leaving on its promise land.

May that be all?

 We need to embrace the true virtue of peace…love. 

Soldiers may march towards war, guns may kill millions of men, homes may be

shattered and lives may be called in danger but one

thing is for sure: this is not the end. 

There is hope. 

We, the youth lays here and wakes up in the advent of war process

save our future, join hands together for what we

want is Peace not War.

 

 

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