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Peace in Broken Pieces

April 30, 2011
By shapeshifter56 GOLD, Cave Creek, Arizona
shapeshifter56 GOLD, Cave Creek, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
"Instead of waiting for the storm to pass, learn to dance in the rain."
--Unknown Author


Staring down at the article before me,
I look right through it
It’s nothing I haven’t seen before
Nothing I haven’t heard of
This newspaper
Is no news to me
Homicides, suicides, genocides,
Wars breaking out at every
Disagreement

Our world is in pieces
And why wouldn’t it be?
How can we make peace
With whole other countries
When we can’t even make peace
Within our own

For some reason,
We seem to think that we have to fight
And compete
To survive
We fight with the air we breathe,
Polluting it mercilessly
We fight with the food we eat,
Killing off nutrients in produce
And then sacrificing unwilling livestock
We fight with Mother Earth,
Destroying all that she’s given us
We fight with ourselves
Praying that ethics
Will shine through

But until then
The killing continues
People
Plants
Animals
Don’t you realize?
That’s our family dying
They’re dying

It amazes me,
Yet disgusts me
How difficult it is
To set aside our differences
And get along
But by killing each other,
We’re only killing ourselves
And our chances at peace
Because we are all one
Walking the earth together
But at different paces

When we learn to love our earth
And all who we share it with,
Maybe then
Peace will have all its pieces back


The author's comments:
I had a writing assignment to write about something that I'm passionate about. So I thought about that for a while. What AM I passionate about? Our world. Life. Love.
So, I sat down to write this poem and ended up really liking it. I hope you do too.

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on Dec. 13 2021 at 8:04 pm
ILiveToRead PLATINUM, Wailuku, Hawaii
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Wow so effing poetic and inspiring. Love it, please don't ever stop writing, our world is in dire need of people like you with voices like yours.

on Dec. 13 2021 at 8:02 pm
ILiveToRead PLATINUM, Wailuku, Hawaii
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@MayaJun3 I know how you feel, I am so mad at this poem right now

on Jun. 20 2011 at 10:44 pm
shapeshifter56 GOLD, Cave Creek, Arizona
14 articles 0 photos 136 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Instead of waiting for the storm to pass, learn to dance in the rain."
--Unknown Author

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it! I really love your pieces as well.

on Jun. 20 2011 at 10:43 pm
shapeshifter56 GOLD, Cave Creek, Arizona
14 articles 0 photos 136 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Instead of waiting for the storm to pass, learn to dance in the rain."
--Unknown Author

Thank you so much! I've seen your work and it is also wonderful!

on Jun. 11 2011 at 3:32 pm
PrettyLittleDarling SILVER, Taylorsville, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
"Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no make up on, that's when you the prettiest, I hope you dont take it wrong" Drake

oh my goodness this is incredible ... keep it up

on Jun. 10 2011 at 5:32 am
MayaJun3 SILVER, Lunenburg, Massachusetts
9 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
You're never fully dressed without a smile.

This is a fantastic piece of writing. I agree with everything written in it. I'm so jealous that you were able to write something like this before I did!