Sheath the Sword, Life is Beautiful / Poem by Eden Soriano Trinidad

Poem by Eden Soriano Trinidad


Sheath the Sword, Life is Beautiful

We, the Poets may never know,
What really causes the will to blow?
Yet, dear leaders please pause and swallow
The pride that causes all the sorrow.

Men succumb to heated defense,
I am for Russia I am for Ukraine!
Desire to be great becoming more intense,
And the whistling bullets continue to rain.

Human beings are not the same,
yet created equal with a different name.
Though we know, and still acclaim,
and men continue the blame game.

Anger piercing to their bone marrows,
Acting like there’s no tomorrows,
The victims of unresolved strife,
Roar in pain for open wounds of shame and gripe.

And it won’t get healed, they must get even!
My leaders please haze don’t take the bait,
Halt while you can control your mind,
Put off the blaze in your warrior's brain.

Be calm amidst great storms of life
Life once lost is gone and who has gain
It won’t ever return again, never again,
Like the flowers it is gone with the wind.

Pray great leaders and be humane,
Sheath the sword and remain sane,
Let love find its way in every adversity,  
Let sorry be not the hardest words to say.

Copyright: Eden Soriano Trinidad
Philippines