Say No to Peace
Brian Wren
Say "no" to peace if what they mean by peace is the quiet misery of hunger, the frozen stillness of fear, the silence of broken spirits, the unborn hopes of the oppressed. Tell them that peace is the shouting of children at play, the babble of tongues set free,
the thunder of dancing feet, and a father's voice singing
Say "no" to peace if what they mean by peace is a rampart of gleaming missiles, the arming of distant wars, money at ease in its castle and grateful poor at the gate. Tell them that peace is the hauling down of flags, the forging of guns into plows,
the giving of fields to the landless, and hunger a fading dream.












