How terrible is the anger of the men that kill,
\nof the volcano that inside melts down feelings,
\n\u2019til souls break in a crater of extermination!
\nWhat storm, what thunder, what flash of violence
\nseeks to kill or mutilate those who are innocent!<\/p>\n
Where is the light of the smile, placed
\nby God into mankind that it may love?
\nAnd where is it, the light of awakening,
\nthat shines between men when they live in harmony?
\nWhere is it, Peace? Tell me. Where is it?<\/p>\n
Time itself cries complaint in the seconds when
\na shell delays even the terror that you feel,
\nand when it goes off, in its smoke you can breathe
\nthe pleasure to feel life amongst the dead.<\/p>\n
I knew as a child the smell of my blood
\nin the horrible panic of the whistling bomb.
\nI overflowed with the hurt of my wounded flesh,
\nthe lacerating fear that time does not cancel,
\nand the scream that I bear that curses war.<\/p>\n
And you who speak so much of God,
\nwho invoke Him so often against the rest,
\nwho worship Him so much in his justice,
\nwhat rubbish soul do you keep Him in?<\/p>\n
Tell me. What race, what land, remains
\nfor you\u00a0 to defend or else to attack
\nwith fangs of fratricidal hate
\nif your fanaticism isn\u2019t worth
\nthe dying breath of a single child?<\/p>\n
If God is the LIGHT of life in harmony
\nAnd an eternal source of a LIBERTY sublime\u2026
\nWhere is the PEACE that he put in your spirit?
\nWith what seed of hate did you sow it,
\nthat yields blades of death from the wounded earth!
\n_______________________________________<\/p>\n
Copyright <\/em>Jose Maria Lopera, Spanish poet of peace and harmony.<\/em><\/p>\n Translated by Frank Sanders.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How terrible is the anger of the men that kill,
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