If You Can... Poem by Maria C. Pires Costa

If you can see the sun shining,
And listen to birds cheerfully chirping,
Seize that harmony in Nature
For it can bring peace to every creature...

If you can face work in bliss
And cause the children's smile,
Enjoy it as a blessed while
For it can bring you peace.

If you can take a sweet word
To those hearts in grievance,
That's peace you are breathing
Helping them with a better living.

If you can avoid troops on the ground,
Deployed for months, years, harshly,
You can feel your country healthy
And people in peace producing more around...


(June,2011)