I Searched For A Peace Poem by Scott Forster

I searched for a peace
in an unknown land
wished to drive to the limits of the city
settle down and be safe
dreamed I'd fall in love with an angel
and all worry dissipate
and a death to all burning hate.

How wrong could I be
to seek such a state of perfection
in the fleeting scenes of this stage
I must be naive
I blame my age.

I have left all that troubled somewhere far
yet new despairs birth from the soil
and demand the attention of my soul.
The world feels at once so small and more worthy than me
there is no where left to run to
I have reached the limit, the edge.

I have saught a noble cause
an engaging experience
a blessed relation

how shortsighted
how I have travelled my mind in vain

The answer?
the serenity I have sought
the target aimed for
Is INSIDE ME!