The Peacemaker's Plight

The Peacemaker's Plight

There are no crossroads here, veering off
into a red sky where  the angry depart
and divide their rages.
I watch my step.
There is an emerald field of peace lilies,
but the people battle for bouquets.
They bring vases from home and claim
ownership & personal knowledge
They strike each other & shove.
The old are trampled & the babies fall
from their mother's hip into battle.
They descend like gulls & snap up
anything that spells spite or revenge.
I touch faces and say stop, but they twist
and snap at my fingers.
I hide in the bushes while the people take
their peace lilies home, grappling for bouquets
and screaming an explanation, an addiction
to flowers, that make them irresponsible,
and no longer accountable for their actions.
A flow of butterflies, in vivid colors,
flow over their heads with soft questions.
They scream replies in a hurricane of hate,
that scatter the wings in all directions.

Reviews

[Marie Anzalone]

and thus are the beautiful and fragile things of the world vanquished by discord... this is haunting and telling. I have beaded jewelry for over half my life. There is a certain type of beading thread you can get, that is spun from kevlar fibers. One can only hope for the day when butterflies' wings are made of such material, and there are enough lilies to go around.

[Emily B]

wow . . . peace lilies and butterfly wings and you depicted all the weight of the world in just that . . .

[angelina neves]

wonderfully said

[Tracie Skarbo]

Somehow I don't think the peace lillies would have smelled so sweet.

an addiction
to flowers, that make them irresponsible,
and no longer accountable for their actions.

This is all to true and blatent in daily life. Great job on this one!

[deeps]

This is quite the write here. I like this.
I can feel this write as well, It's intersting and wonderful read

[Ed Hart]

it is the nature of the beast...

[Undying Glory]

certainly cool i say. interesting and very ironic, i like it a lot.

[Jibey]

Such paradoxes... sad in its exposure of well-meaning confusions...