Sunday 5 September 2021

The Machinery of Peace

by Nick Gisburne



Your world is not a place we understand
A willingness to kill what you create
On every other planet war is banned
But here you worship violence and hate
An overwhelming urgency to fight
Is fuelled by ambition, envy, greed
Your fate will be an everlasting night
Unless you take the medicine you need
We offer the machinery of peace
A single, simple option to be free
The war, the pain, the suffering, will cease
Prosperity for all, if you agree
    Refusal? Such a curious reply
    We cannot help you. No one can. Goodbye