i just want to be simple and free
how many times have i stepped on
the peace of another?
now i am tempted to think not as many
times as i would say
now i am thinking to say that the prayer for peace
is a prayer
that peace cannot be forced, that peace has a price
the acceptance of peace has a price
the opening of love is not free
so if i am offering you peace
boy,
you know it, and you might not want to pay
and i have a feeling that the so called sins at midnight
the three am sighings, the burnt out roach and the
thrown away condom
the liquor bottles tinkling in the recycling bins
are signs and symbols of a peace given
than half the masses muttered to heaven