Peace On Earth

by Renee Hawkley

Rulers and presidents promise it.
Children wish for it.
Parents dream of it.
Choirs sing of it.
Historians and philosophers study it.
Poets write of it.
Sinners pray for it.
Soldiers die in the name of it.
The sun, the moon and the stars reflect it.
All creation yearns for it.
But only One
Has the Power,
The Majesty
And the Meekness
To offer it
With these words . . .
"Peace I leave with you,
My peace I give unto you;
Not as the world giveth,
Give I unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled,
Neither let it be afraid."
Jesus.
The Babe, the son of Mary.
The Light and the Life of the World.
The Prince of Peace.