This is what peace is
This Is What Peace Is
The gentle sway of trees in the wind, golden locks of hair blowing in the breeze
Syncing with the cattails in the shallows
This is what peace is.
Air so still that even thoughts seem like an intrusion, and a silence that says more than words ever could
Snowflakes melting on your fingertips, unique, a constellation, one of a kind, never to be seen again as others rush to take its place
This is what peace is.
The hand that I’m holding by my side, even if it’s just in my imagination, conjured by the books and the songs and the stories that tell of things I could only dream of
A fairytale evergreen so bright against a field of snow
This is what peace is.
And in a world corrupted by hate and fear, sometimes it’s hard to find.
But once you find it, it’s hard to lose again
The challenge is learning to live it – to live your peace, the peace that is as unique to you as each snowflake falling from the sky.
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This Is What Peace Is
The gentle sway of trees in the wind, golden locks of hair blowing in the breezeSyncing with the cattails in the shallowsThis is what peace is.Air so still that even thoughts seem like an intrusion, a...