the people want peace
hope and pray for it
and yet it does not come to pass ~
tension always there
among the people
conflict kept under oath
waiting for a reason to escalate ~
negotiation and compromise
only the bandage
for those deep wounds
bloodied by hatred
never quite stopping to seep ~
wherefore peace
as the outcome of resolution
becomes only some illusion
like the mask to cover
the underlying indifference ~
indifference that scourge
culturally embedded and fed
spreading its affliction
throughout
and about
those concerned
as if to become inherent ~
the byproduct
emergent to conflict’s sway
“It’s hard to negotiate a lasting peace between individuals or groups in conflict, if indifference not peace is the underlying objective among all those concerned.”
“Seemingly due to feelings of intolerance, indifference tends to set into the psyche, if a person’s expectation for positive change does not occur within the time period they’ve allotted.”
peace out
Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~