Artwork and poems prepared by Soka Gakkai members of New South Wales, Australia
Peace Movement by Aneesha Govil
2 February 2020
Peace movement...
Images of Gandhi’s Dandi March
In a past left far behind
Disconnected
Disillusioned
Irrelevant
Peace movement...
Silence after a drone strike
Picture of a wailing child
Dead in a far away land
Overwhelming
Wretched
Dissociated
Peace movement...
Offering life to another
Freedom to be
All they cannot be
Loving
Sacrificing
Losing
Peace movement...
Holding in my heart
Freedoms bequeathed to others
Made my own
Valuing
My
Life
Peace movement...
Allowing space to grow deep roots and tall trees
So one day the branches could meet
Rooted not uprooted
Swaying with the winds
Bending not breaking
Peace movement...
Dancing nature’s dance
Creating art in motion
Tenacity and challenge
Forever
Persevere
Dignified and flawed.