Believe it if you dare written by Alan.s.Robinson

Believe it if you dare

Believe it if you can

But I will remain

a sceptical man

Until the guns have rusted

Until the arsenals are destroyed

I will be listening out for

the next mortar to fall

And even if the last bomb

Had blown itself apart

I will wonder how you disarm

The hatred in mens hearts

But if peace can find

A way through this

Then lead her on

And I’ll greet her

With a kiss

It would not be the first time

and it may not be the last

That hope was falsely foundered

and floundered at her task

So feel disheartened

but do not feel surprised

If the violence recommences

with an act that reels the senses

We are the children of men

And it has to be admit

We never struggle for a reason to kill

We always see a justice in it

But if peace can find

A way through this

Then lead her on

And I’ll greet her

With a kiss