Building Bridges

- Jino Paul Jose

Type of war is not the matter,

The thing is that they’ve dug a crater.
Which hinders from doing what was able.
Soldiers, if you’re lucky, you get back home;
Only to be called back soon through a telephone.

Oh! Sweet Peace! Where do you be?

In times like these, we look upon thee.
Men speak of the world full of fear and hate,
But there are those who say,”Let Peace prevail!”
When wars in the world totally cease, only then
shall man begin to find real peace.

Peace cannot be bought with money,

But comes in a package with universal harmony.
How would there be peace in the universe,
If the living do not greet each other but curse?

O! Leaders of the nations in the world!

Do you not see how regions are twirled
from the lavish green lands
to the industrial wastelands!
The planet you call “Mother Earth”
is now suffering from severe dearth.

We are to live in peace with each other,

Nation to nation, together.
It is attained only by doing,
The very thing opposed to subduing.
That is, to fulfill all our wishes
….by building bridges!