War & Peace
They organise rallies in hundreds
Sometimes more of them gather on streets
Holding placards
That demand peace
Wherever they want it
When no one knows
What exactly peace means
There can be ceasefires
Prisoner exchanges
And humanitarian aid
Though behind the charade
Everyone fortifies their walls
Raise their stocks of machines of war
For we humans have a warped sense
On how to construe peace
What of the world then as it is now
Haven’t we progressed far enough
Than what we were centuries ago
No the enlightened one would say
We are much the same
Cruel selfish and hungry for war
Just the tools have changed
And the way we do it
That is
With elegance and style
What of literature and sports
Music and arts
That have certainly elevated our lives
No the enlightened would say again
They are just tools to keep us busy
Till the beginning of the next war
©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
So true Shashi. It’s all a facade to hide our real nature
Yes
I agree. Nothing has changed. Can human nature change?
That’s a big question. Difficult to answer.
A reasonably prolonged duration of peace leads to war and vice versa.