ONE DAY A YEAR
H. W. Bryce
Today, September 21, 2020, is
UN International Day of Peace
One day a year. One day a year.
Is that all peace is worth?
One day a year? Well folks, I fear
That’s what you call a dearth.
When will we Humans give birth
To peace first, last and always?
When will our arms embrace Earth?
When will we follow righteous ways?
To save Mother Earth and us Humans…
Hands off! Hands off your rifle today!
There will be no shooting today.
Today is a day off from your war.
It’s nothing but peace for the day.
So busy are we from day to day
With our selfish day-to-day things
That we forget there’s a special day
To remember the special things.
Special things like newborn babes,
That are special because we live,
Special because we’ve been granted
This everyday special thing we live.
Yet we overlook the so-called mundane
Because the mundane fills our lives;
Sometimes we treat it like a pain,
Sometimes we think of it as hives.
And so we go from month to month
Missing each month’s special way
While we chase butterflies that turn into moths…
Until one day we find we’ve lost our way.
So let us wake up to the fact
That every day is a special day,
Answer the call, the joyous call,
To live life in a very special way.
HAPPY UN INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY
