In the transition time
it is peace for a while
To combat each other
the old powers are too weak
and the new ones still too small -
infants in the nude
who endear and
temporarily disarm everyone
in the pityful awareness
that this nudity will lose
its innocence to the desires
that proliferate in the growth
of body and mind and
that can disrupt lives
as if a war is going on
It will cost a life
of missed opportunities
to become old and wise
and allow peace
Peace so easily lost but never entirely won! Great poem, rightly and fairly said.