My own Piece of Peace

Silence is Not Peace

To many people

peace is the silence

that comes after the last shot

after the last body is buried

after a war is declared over

but there is more to it

To me, peace is when you can hear

the voices laughing together

when people come together

for a concert 

for a birthday

for the joy of life

because once violence ends

Silence never lasts long

If people could fill the silence

with happiness and joy

there would be no room

for anger and war