Images Poem by Jim Yerman

They are all around us…they are something we can't…we should not ignore…the destruction…the heartache…the sorrow…the images of war.

As I watch one country try to take over another country that was autonomous and free I am struck how war brings out the best and worst in us…by its dichotomy.

In a war we see missiles flying…bombs dropping…bullets trying to kill as many people as they can…it is the very definition of man's inhumanity to man.

But we also see strangers taking in strangers…people helping people any way they can…it is the very definition of man's humanity to man.

It is amazing once the fighting starts…once war has cast its evil spell…how we not only see how horrible humans can be…but how wonderful as well.

Which gives us something to hang onto…because if the worst in us can bring out the best in us…then there is hope in the future for the rest of us.

Certainly it won't be easy…in our planet's history it hasn't happened yet…and no doubt it will take all our energy…and tons of toil and sweat…

But here is something else we also can't…we should't ignore…the more we sweat for peace…the less we bleed in war.

How can such a simple concept be so difficult to comprehend…
Peace is the only thing that can ever save a world that war is trying desperately to end

I imagine, however, the best reason we should strive that wars forever cease…
is so that the eyes of every baby born…will only see images of peace.