The Book of Peace

Verse 1
Our natural state, though it seems we’ve forgotten
A beacon of peace, God’s only begotten

The legends of truth, now ancient and frayed

The lessons once learnt, now lost and decayed

Verse 2
At an end is the beginning, which once was so bright
For darkness was left, when we abandoned the light

In confusion we prayed, for our burden’s release
The answer was love, the message was peace

Verse 3
Each of us yearns, for the dream to be real
An ideal we consider, yet no longer we feel

So sure in our answers, to questions once asked
Mocked are the ways and beliefs of the past

Verse 4
The more that we learned, the less that we knew

Until lies replaced truth and the wise were the few
So bold in our findings, we abandoned the way
As our world became smaller, we went further astray

Verse 5
So few there are now, who trust and believe

The course of the common, to lie and deceive

The sadness is heavy, the loss is unmeasured
Our hearts have lost sight, of what should be treasured

Verse 6
Now alone all together, we believe we are free

For the prison they built, has walls we can’t see
Freedom if not earned, can for granted be taken

In a heart full of fear, all peace is forsaken

Verse 7
Our instincts they scream, as we bare the confusion

For solace is found, in the conforming collusion

Distracted by troubles and trivial cares
Blinded by choice, we were trapped unawares

Verse 8
Now war is peace and death freedom’s cost

The truth is the lie, of a conscience now lost

Too full of heads, the sand groans as it drifts

Windswept with woe, it now burns as it shifts

Verse 9
Those yet to come, pay the cost of your choice

To abide in the chaos and silence your voice
Ignorance brings comfort, to say you knew not

The existence of evil and your part in its plot

Verse 10
Time there is still, to break free from the mold

Though the names are all new, the battle is old
Ever have the forces, that fight to hold sway

Replaced hope with fear and joy with dismay

Verse 11
The true field of battle, is the hearts of all men

For each of us chooses, the sword or the pen
Though a king moves a man, his choices are his

He can follow his orders, or choose to let live

Verse 12
Though each of us yearns, for the touch of it’s grace

In our hearts just like love, peace holds its own place

To speak of its promise, is a voice held naïve
Yet the concept of love, we must feel to perceive

Verse 13
Behind the curtain the reapers, they push and they pull

They convince you your dream, is a cup that’s half full

Yet dreams are for those, who follow their hearts
For blessed are those, who write their own parts

Verse 14
Beneath the wing of the dragon, it is easy to stay

At his side appears safer, than to be in his way
So few there are now, with the courage to fight

Like slaves to his shadow, we fear now the light

Verse 15
The voice of your soul, you’ve mistaken for thought

It whispers a wisdom, beyond all you were taught

As it pleads a reaction, to the horror unbound
You claim the distraction and silence the sound

Verse 16
Though countless are tales, of a new path begun

Of the seed that was planted and nurtured by one
The fruit of its bough, he grew only to share
Yet though we devour, we remain unaware

Verse 17
As actions are deeds and deeds are yet actions

You fight not to believe, but to hide your reaction
For each of us knows, on occasions of slight

Whatever the deed, it is wrong or it’s right

Verse 18
Our illusion of real, has us worship the scene

Now knowledge is truth, with no in-between

Not so long ago, the earth was still flat

Wisdom is found, in the absence of fact

Verse 19
Things there are still, that always have been

The history of time, remains mostly unseen

All that man learns, already was known
For all that there is, has a mind of its own

Verse 20
Existence existed, without us just fine
The bounty was blessed, the beauty sublime

The balance was perfect and forever it spun

Long before man and his time had begun

Verse 21
We are more than just life, crept from the sea

We are more than what was, what is and will be
Connected through spirit, all things make the one

To show us true peace, God gave us his son

Verse 22
For the message of Christ, was to love and forgive

To give what you can and to live and let live
He showed us the way and he gave us the light

To keep evil at bay and to fight the good fight

Verse 23
Imprisoned by those, who seek power through strife

Our freedom sits poised, on the edge of a knife
Given to fear, we are forced to believe
Only through war, can Peace be achieved

Verse 24
A notion of nonsense, designed to deceive

The power is yours, if you choose to believe

In a balance of spirit, of body and mind
Of faith in the promise, of a truth yet to find

Verse 25
The great lie is mortality and all of its fears

The passing of time and the counting of years

For that is the method, with which they control

Your joy and your hope, your heart and your soul

Verse 26
No beast fears the future, they care not for plans

The burden of promise, belongs solely to man

It is us that exploits and so causes great pain
We turn only to God, when appointing the blame

Verse 27
Each heart must awaken and find its own worth

Each soul be retaken, each mind be rebirthed

Empower yourself, to reclaim your own dream

Often life is more simple, than at first it would seem

Verse 28
Your world is a mirror, it reflects how you feel

If riddled with hate, your pain becomes real

Only you have the power, with which to decide

To hold onto your hurt or to cast it aside

Verse 29
We are all but reflections, an idea of ourselves

In the depths of your soul, the answers they dwell
Forsake all the knowledge, of man’s best excuse
Their fiction of facts, which serve us no use

Verse 30
True wisdom is more, than a thing to be proved

A contemplation of reason, once fear is removed

Two paths we were given, but one direction to take
Your life is defined, by the choices you make

Verse 31
Without faith we are blind, to a wealth of true power
With no refuge in judgment, in suspicion we cower

Excuses we claim, to free our conscience of guilt
Yet not by man’s hand, was the universe built

Verse 32
Our connection to God, is our greatest of strengths
True peace is a perception, of a life without length

We are each of us eternal and have nothing to fear

It’s only part of the journey, the time you have here

Verse 33
Through the actions of others, you expect to find peace
If all wars were to end and all fighting to cease

When your mind, your body and your soul are aligned

It is within your own heart, true peace you will find
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