@Aalia 10 December 2022

I can’t make the world peaceful I can’t stall tanks from roaring down roads I can’t prevent children from having to hide in bunkers I can’t convince the news to stop turning war into a video game I can’t silence the sound of bombs tearing neighborhoods apart I can’t turn a guided missile into a bouquet of flowers I can’t make a warmonger have an ounce of empathy I can’t convince ambassadors to quit playing truth or dare I can’t deflect a sniper’s bullet rom turning a wife into a widow I can’t stave off a country being reduced to ash and rubble I can’t do any of that... the only thing I can do is love the next person I encounter without any conditions or strings to love my neighbor so fearlessly that it starts a ripple that stretches from one horizon to the next I can’t force peace on the world but I can become a force of peace in the world because sometimes all it takes is a single lit candle in the darkness to start a movement “Lord, make me a candle of comfort in this world let me burn with peace."