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Peace, Bad Things, White Flag

bunnybear

Sep 23, 2022

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Peace - is it unachievable?

To begin, what is peace?

Is peace blue skies and a light breeze?

Is peace simply a time when hard times cease?

Is peace simply the quiet before the storm?421Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyfmxKrFFP

Perhaps (I speak this theory gingerly),

'Peace' is just a word? An abstract term?421Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6kRMySG3D

It, itself, is defined as 'freedom from disturbance'.

Does this mean that loneliness is peace,

The gut-wrenching, inevitable moment when you realise

'No one cares about me...'

Is peaceful, and not painful?421Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5tV9gj35Q

Peace - surely it must be unachievable

For freedom from disturbance

Can be disturbing on it's own.

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Peaceful regret consumes me.

A state of bliss, where worries battle in my mind.

I let down my defences, throw caution to the wind,

and let all the bad things in.

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Peace.

Defined, this time, as 'a period in which there is no war or a war has ended'...

In other words,

The quiet after the storm.421Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP70yb7gzX8

Is peace the joyous relief - the nightmare is over?

Is peace the come-down from said joy,

When you realise the dead are still dead, that the damage will stay?

Is peace a white flag? A white flag that flies

Bloodstained, torn, creased and ripped,

but flies proud nonetheless?

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#5 sun sink thing

#6 My heart beats + Absence

#7 What if the day never needed to be saved?

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#9 Heart of Stone, Heart of Gold

#11 Peace, Bad Things, White Flag

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#14 Pink Pyjamas

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#17 Moment, Rain, In The Rain With Me

#18 A girl that I once knew

#19 Still?, You don't breathe, Still

#20 closing my eyes

#21 Stopping ain't an option

#22 I want to be a poet

#23 Locked Door

#24 Halloween - The Day After

#26 baby rhymes

#31 You reek of perfection

#33 it's in the air

#34 a thunderous empty, once

#36 nobody thinks like i do

#39 wait for me

#40 the bridge in my town

#41 pyramid poetry - part 2

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