An Appeal For Peace

An Appeal For Peace

Seated in a corner
Away from all eyes
She cries...

The rainfall of
Her tears
Nourishes her soul
Wherein seeds of 
Fearful abandonment
Grow...

She is, but lives
Unrecognized
Just a shadow of 
The true purpose 
Of her life!

Sought, she is
Though in vain
For them who seek her
Do so with intent to destroy
Her real sense...

She is calm
And harmony
In this world of
Violent treachery...

Now she stands
On unsteady feet
Her tears have not
Ceased!

She wanders, at any
Moment she could fall
Forever to 
Be lost...
A myth, a once was...

Find her you who 
Fight and war
Before you yourselves
Lose the very reason
You are fighting for...

Stop the nonsensical
Behavior
Or Peace, never will
Be found
And when it's too late
You will remember  
Peace's once 
Harmonious form...!

A poem about the violence and unrest in Gaza and the warring Middle East.

                                                                          Frederika Menezes