Searching for a
sense of peace
A hopeless task
it’s been for me
No matter where
I’ve looked or been
It’s never
there for me to see
A peace not found
in what I know
Or what I know
to be
A peace not found
in any school
Or any library
A peace not found
in what I’ve done
Or what I did not
do
A peace not found
in what I’m told
No matter what
from who
A peace not found
in any gift
In fortune or in
fame
A peace not found
in status
Or avoiding judgment,
loss and shame
A peace not found
in any cause
Or any just crusade
A peace not found
in worthy tasks
No matter what
the difference made
A peace not found
where I have been
Or in escaping
once again
A peace not in
past or present
Or when someday
became then
Oh where oh where
is left to look
To find where peace
could be
The world has nowhere
left to search
Perhaps it lives
inside of me
