A matter of peace

How does one become a peacemaker?

How does one actually make "peace"?
Do we just step into the firing line?
Do we simply beg: "please stop; cease!"
What is "peace" exactly?
Is it simply the absence of war?
How do we know: if we ask it?
Will peace come to our shores?
Is it possible to find "peace?
Where exactly do we need to seek it?
Does it come to those who implore?
Were we to search for peace?
Could we say "I have found it!"
Then; should we cease seeking ever more?
Does peace find us when we stop looking?
Does it escape before our very eyes?
Does it come when one person says
"I apologise"...
Does it move along before us?
Always on the run
Ah if only peace were never ending...
If only we could claim "peace"
Each and every blessed morning...
If only we could find "peace"
At the setting of the evening sun...
Ah if only we could keep "peace"
And everyone would put down their gun...