Brian McBrand Poems

Why do you oppose peace - you scoff?
Peace knows not your ill regard.

Peace shall shame you -
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Religion is words and mortar
and theologies,
and people therein,
that human beings suffer through
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there once was a man named democracy
erudite - they gathered round.

and round and round they gathered
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When you can pray all you want......,
To the many princes of peace......,
Then Peace Is Possible…,
Even for religious fanatics…,
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soon you'll hear the rustling of leaves
please.

soon you'll know the whisper of love
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Your peace, your happiness, your love, hold on, hold on, for just one more day. Sometimes tis like water in the hand, sometimes its here to stay.

And some wish that the world be filled with our kindred kind
For all that want, what the other wants, be filled our hearts and mind.
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If I were starving to death would I know peace?
I look at my distended stomach, my protruding bones, and grit my teeth.
I wipe sweat and flies from my sunburned face.
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From the Vessel,

Fill me oh water, that you find me empty and yielding.
That I may know you when you bring to me life.
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Shall we accuse each other - our religions, our faiths, our beliefs
Babel and Babel accuse, and on and on, and death comes like a thief.
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Cherish oh Cherish,
The days of your peace,
Feed the hungry,
Help your kin,
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