I don’t know what it means to me
to go and see the peace monks
and on the same day visit the site of Gettysburg

to go and stand and watch them go by
(their faithful dog with them)
walking and not marching

then to go to a place named for a general of one war
to another war site where once were
the bloodiest of bloody things

to sit there and rest uncommonly quiet
as the peace monks went by
their faithful dog with them

but it all must mean something
not the least of which involved
thinking of the angel lights

which shone above the wounds
of the soldiers awaiting care
the soldiers who did not die

but went home in the light
from the terrific battle
to await the presence arriving

the presence of peace
walking to them
and telling them to rest

with their faithful dog beside them
I can’t tell what it means
but it means something

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onward,
T