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Peace Poem
Robin Gale Bensinger :: Nov 29, 2007, 6:41PM
This is one of my all time favorite poems about peace. It was written by a teenage girl who graced us with her participation at the Louisville Poets Guild Meetings at the downtown library for several years, whose name is Faye Daigler. I don't know where she is now, or what she is doing, but I hope she is well. I do know she wouldn't mind me sharing her passionate and beautiful poem. She is not only a talented writer, but also a gifted guitar player and songstress. Here is her poem.

PEACE

Hello
How are you?
I am peace.
You have forgotten me -- but --
I am alive!
I demand to be recognized
I AM a viable option
I want to dance
I want to breathe clean air
For too long you have tucked me away
locked the door to my room, let war
whisper its lies to you, whisper that
I have starved, withered, am impossible,
but I am alive!
Embrace me!
I want to be loved
I am love
I am laughter
I am a silly child
I am a wisened elder
I am green grass and honey -- gold
sunshine
I am pink bubble gum
and plaid with stripes
I am every race and every religion
sometimes none at all.
I am everywhere and nowhere
and I am not where you expect me.
I am in birth
and death
and I am there when souls connect
I am stronger
and braver
and more difficult than my sister violence
I can walk away
and I am proud enough that I am not easily
slighted
because I know who I am
sometimes you will look for me and
try and force me out of hiding
People pull at me and try to put me in
the wrong places
And then they're angry when I go away
to wait for them to welcome me
sometimes an unsuspecting child will dream
of me and I will live in his smile
I can sneak in anywhere
just let me work
You haven't even tried
Just get to know me
I am peace
And I am alive!

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