A World Of Peace

A World Of Peace

A world of peace would be ones dream,

where greed is scorn, and joy is free,

where the soul is happy,

and where war hangs its head,

where races are free,

and where bounties are shared,

where aggression isn't challenged but treated with care,

until the fire within dies down and goes out,

so it doesn't spread to more about,

so it doesn't have to be chopped down as the forest once was,

oh I dream, I dream of a world of peace,

for a world of peace would be ones dream

My poem is a found poem which includes words and phrases form the poems "totally like whatever, you know?" and (need). My poem expresses my picture of what a world of peace would be like and how aggression and revenge isn't the answer to a happy lifestyle. Also how you cant just punish someone who is aggressive. You have to clam them down slowly until their rage comes to an end. Greed is the start of hunger and poverty and that start anger. When someone is angry they will become very aggressive. The aggressive person will then want to rid themselves of that pain, by giving it to someone else. That is how fights start. So if this world was rid of greed, and aggression was treated with care, then this world would be one of peace.

Worthless War

Peace is worth living for. When you fight, you start a battle, and that will grow into to a war. "In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons." Herodotus. When a war ends, It leaves poverty and hunger. You might ask yourself, "Isn't the UN trying to stop poverty and hunger.". Yes they are, But they could have eliminated it years ago, if the US never fought with Iraq (which costed them a total of over 798 trillion USD so far).

All those terrorist bombings are because the US attacked Iraq, leaving them angry and wanting revenge. One example of their revenge was the 911 terrorist attack which killed hundreds of people. That was revenge for something that the US did to them. What about all those acts of terrorism that the US set apon Iraq? What if they killed thousands of people without us knowing? Why don't we have a massive memorial ceremony for them too? Why don't we care?

"Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both." - Abraham Flexner. I think that we should have civilization over war because peace would come without war and there would be no terrorist bombings like there would if you chose the path of war (which we are starting to go down). Cant you imagine that in the future, you would mention the word war and your kids ask what it is? Cant you imagine living in a place where you wouldn't have to worry about thugs and muggers while walking down a dark alley? This is what the path of civilization would look like. Peaceful and protected.

Some people believe that peace is worth fighting for, and freedom is worth fighting for. I disagree because you don't get peace from fighting, you get it from not starting fights. If those fights don't start in the first place, then peace and freedom will thrive in our planet. If you fight for peace or freedom, then you will just create more fights, which will eventually erupt into a war. This is why peace is worth living.