Keeping the peace at all cost
means peace is lost
to a sincere
respect for fear.
Smoothing over hurt, anger, hate –
Just see and wait.
Normalizes.
Compromises.
These shadowed oppressions need voice.
I choose this choice.
No more hiding.
Done dividing.
(Note: The Minute Poem consists of 12 lines, 60 total syllables formatted into 3 stanzas of 8, 4, 4, 4 syllables each, with each pair of lines rhyming. Isn’t that fun?)
[…] This week was all about Keeping the Peace, or rather, keeping the connections, or rather, seeing where we’ve forgotten the connections and illuminating them. That might make more sense if you read this blog and this poem. […]