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Jan 31
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fire girl

Peace Song For The 21st Century

Peace
/pēs/
noun: peace; noun: the peace.
freedom from disturbance; tranquility.
a state or period in which there is no war or a war has ended.

Peace is a song played upon an evening guitar for everyone,
peace is a song splaid across a keyboard,
peace is a song trickled on morning toast by a flute,
peace is a song bristled on the quills of adventure,
peace is a song tapped upon he floor by dancing shoes,
peace is a song mapped across the spread sheet of this world.

Peace is a song nobody seems to know the words to anymore,
a song America hasn't bothered to learn.
A song I've taught myself, every night, listening to notes and tunes.
A song welling up on the edges of my brain,
expanding on the forethought of tomorrow.
A song that has never been played on a radio or earbuds,
a song that has been stuck in my head ever since I felt an act of hate,
ever since I first saw an injustice displayed on the pedestal of America.

Peace is a song I will teach you.
Peace is a song I have already taught you.
Listen closer.
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Posted: 01.31.20
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  1. Inkpaw
    Jan 31, 2020

    Beautiful. I love this, it's so inspiring, yet it feels so calm, and leaves you with a nice, well, peaceful feeling.

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  1. fire girl
    Feb 01, 2020

    Thank you!

    " to choose to write is to reject silence" - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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