flowers for peace

they carried guns

we offered a flower

they wore boots

steel helmets,

grim faces

so we would cower…

retreat in fear…

…we offered a smile

we just reached out…no trace of guile

we wanted to give

so all could  live

in love and in peace for a while.

they lashed out…in a rage

in an age

where power had greed at their roots

they drove their tanks into the crowd

we shouted out loud

so all might hear

but the grim faces sneered,

they sheared lives, their blood cold…

so that nothing was told…

with their butts they smashed

the  hands outstretched

lashing out

they would maim and kill

so all would be still…

…as we fetched

more

flowers

for

peace