“Blowin’ in the Wind”

 (with thanks to Bobby Zimmerman)

Grant us Peace… Sim Shalom

Exceptionalism?
We are at perpetual war:
Wars on crime, Wars on drugs, Wars on poverty;
have any been won?

Our go-to mode is violence:

Bombs, guns, fists, execution;
why never words, never détente?

We hate with will, with passion, with abandon;
harmony, goodwill, compromise are not in our vocabulary.

Why is the option never coming together for solutions?

Why is the first choice always hostility;
always a clenched fist, never an open hand?

Why are the roads to Peace always thought to be through War?

How many times must we march that road?

Ronda R. Scott-Marak
© 21 April 2015