Intonation for Peace- poem by: Ibaa Ismail

Intonation for Peace
Poem by: Ibaa Ismail

(Dedicated to the children of the world)

Learn our little birds,
how to fly above the malignity,
and the greediness of adults.
Learn,
how to protect your white jewel
of innocence,
to be leaders of peace in our nations’ future.
Learn, our little white, black, red, and
yellow ethnic buds,
how to emerge from rocks,
and flourish for life,
not for destruction, not for wars,
but to spread your petals peacefully
and say your prayers,
the way you like it,
in any religion you believe in.
Just say it.
Say it on the unknown tombs,
of millions of children,
who were dreaming like you,
dreaming of peace
on our bloody earth,
in Vietnam, Bosnia, Lebanon, Iraq,
Afghanistan, Palestine and.. and.. and ….
Yet now, they are living in eternal peace!
Create, the thinkers of our future,
new ways for universal salvation!
And become bigger, stronger, and smarter.
Be scientists, artists, poets, inventors, even
soldiers,
but take your white jewel of innocence
with you,
to illuminate the darkness of your adulthood!
Smart as you are, little sprouts,
many myths, tricks, magic news, even circus games,
may deceive you!
Your intuition is your innocent weapon.
Remember the A, B, C’s of the game.
Smart bombs, smart weapons,
have no consciences, no wills,
to keep people alive
even if they are innocent! . .
Tell the adults,
that bombs and missiles
do not distinguish between good and bad.
Do not distinguish between children and adults.
Tell the adults,
that you know the difference between
being heroic, and being aggressive
being the defender, and being the offender
being the victim and being the scourger!
Tell the adults,
that the creature who leads a tank
to destroy you house,
has cut the placenta,
between himself and humanity,
between himself and peace,
For being human,
is to be merciful!
Tell the adults,
that war is a beast,
whose gigantic hands, and bloody mouth,
can smash trees, animals, and children.
Ask the adults:
how could you fight evil with evil?!
Your innocence tells you the answer
Sweet angels!!