When...

When silence touches the features of a meditating earth,

When the striving arms of a restless ocean caress the golden sands,

When the setting sun leaves behind reflections on a wavy mirror,

When the heart eavesdrops on the conversation between windy waters and sailing winds.

When a fettered body, permits the soul to escape on wings of thought.

When a conscious mind , lifts the blinds on the past, present and future.

When there prevails a oneness with nature beyond the comprehension of the senses.

I steal an idea from life, and carve out a memory on the smooth edges of a rocky path.

-14 years, 2002

Peace Redefined

The time that punctuates war cannot be

branded as peace.

The signing of documents lined with suspicion does not manufacture peace.

The white sheet that conceals pain and misery does not

symbolize peace.

The quietness that leaves many a grieving cries unheard cannot be mistaken for peace.

Peace is not the coward who runs away when threatened

Peace does not need to fight for its survival.

Peace is not imposed on the mind, it vibrates from the heart

Peace does not expect the tiger to embrace its prey, or man to act like an angel.

Peace is respecting the differences but preventing the wrongs.

Peace is accepting that everything is not good but preserving what is.

Peace is the law that governs the world which ensures that man does not interfere with his own progress.

Peace is the subject of man’s hope and the realization of the Divine dream.

-14 years, 2002