Perfect Peace







Only when there’s calm and quiet within
Can the harmony of perfect peace ring in
Only when the storms inside are spent
Can the message of universal peace be sent

When the heart has billows tossing high
Of hate and anger, pride and Mammon’s cry
Can the voice of peace e’er dwell therein
When raucous clamour drowns its soft reply?

We look for peace to enter from without
With clarion call and with a victory shout
We quite forget that peace is like a spring
From out of each heart just a trickle bring

And join it all till with a common song
Perfect peace like a river will flow along
Gathering strength from what each heart pours out
More mighty than any army the world rolls out


                                               ~ Shalini

  

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