Peace is not built
on the anguish of others,
is not bought with a bomb.
The quiet of peace cannot silence
the echoes of terror.
Peace can never light our hearts
while blood soaks the world
into deepening darkness.
"The only way to peace
is peace."
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This poem is published online at Poets Against the War, http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/.
The photograph and poem were in the "Buddha Abides" exhibit in 2004.