Peace and Love and a White Dove

I want to live in a world

Inclusive, kind, full of love.

Naive? I may be,

But a peace sign and a dove

Were once the symbols

We held fast and proud.

These were once the ideas

We shouted frequently loud.

It feels we have fallen

Deep into despair.

Fear and hate are the

Things that we share.

The constant struggle

Between evil and good,

Greed and giving,

Peace and spilling blood.

How did we manage to

Get so out of whack?

What can we do to

Get back on track?

Destroying the air, water,

Flora and fauna.

Destroying the balance

We need for order.

How do we return

To that world we were creating?

We must stop the fear;

We must stop the hating.