The Elusive Search For Peace Poem by Qiniso Mogale

The world is in turmoil
The world is in disarray
Governments are at each others throats
Families are at loggerheads
Many people are confused
Many people are confounded
Many are dismayed
Many are searching for peace
But peace is elusive.

There is a frantic search for peace
Peace is nowhere to be found
Peace is nowhere to be found
Organisations formed to search for peace have dismally failed
They search for peace in wrong places
Thus peace is evasive
Yes, peace is elusive.

They search for peace
but they themselves are not at peace
Battles are raging in their minds
Wars are raging in their hearts
How do you implement what you also need?
How do you find for the world what you yourself
are still searching for?
So they are grasping in straws
The blind lead the blind
They search for what they lack themselves
It makes no sense at all
They neglect the source of peace who is Christ
So their search for peace remains elusive.