The End of Peace
On the loss of peace and god's promise
We have abandoned peace.
I wish I could say it was lost,
misplaced atop a mantlepiece.
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It took a train with a bloody valise,
or it is merely sea-tossed.
I’m sure it is just wandering the streets.
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Perhaps it took a vacation to Greece,
or to see the sites of the Holocaust,
reminiscing in the losses its absence sees.
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He traveled with a darling Elise,
her hair woven with alecosts,
around her shoulders sits a silver fleece.
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“We have failed,” she cries, and pleas
for even a single move more to exhaust.
“The dangers will never cease.”
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“Their choices we can no longer police,”
Through the fields of war they crossed.
They fled through villages with terminated lease.
We have driven away peace.
About the Creator
Lizzy Rose
Hello! I'm Lizzy, a poet and fiction/fantasy writer. I've been creating fiction since I was a child, making up and acting out stories. I started writing my stories when I was 9, and poetry when I was 11!
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