Lord, We Cry Peace

We cry peace

As tyrants rave

Threatening

Illusions

You know

You saw

You named

You confronted

Tearing

Curtains

From our burning

Eyes

We see sorrow

Hunger

Death

Dispossession

Fear

Despair

Reigning

Even as

It did

In your birthing

In your crying

Over us

Now

We cry peace

Your name

Peace

Your everlasting name

On earth

And

Wherever you make

Heaven

Through us

Despite us

Over the dissolution

The hypocrisy

The failure

Of peace

Proliferation

Of destroyers

We cry

And we plan

To begin

Again