Claim peace of mind.
Make the time
To know what is real
About that, in which
we move and have our being.

But the heart, that’s another
Affair.
It has an unaccountable
And unpredictable weather.

Where does the resultant war
take place?
The one between the peace
And the emotional, cloudy face.

Is it in here or out?
Is it both, no matter
What the senses tout?

How to claim a place for peace
If war is everywhere?
Refuse the fight, you say?
Is freedom born today?

Not a chance.
War and freedom
Go hand in hand.
The defeat must
Be within and out
To be complete, or
It shall live to fight again.

The mind and heart
Are the man.
Not until peace rains upon both
Shall he live in freedom.