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OLIVES AND DOVES
My vision of World Peace I want to see every tender palm adorn
Is quite unique and different. pencils.
It’s not the Peace about which the leaders Not scars of an eternal servitude.
preach .
It stems from my mind’s firmament. I want to see the pristine fires .
The Fire of Humanity lit.
I want children waking up to the sounds It should shimmer like a polished sap-
of their daddy’s car. phire,
Not to the resounding gun shots. Its purpose should be rightly served.
I want Terror and Hate Crimes
to face a brutal extinction.
Their followers can make a zillion tries .
But their intentions should never flourish.
I don’t want their History textbooks to
hold evidences of war.
I want to see freedom and hope in their
golden thoughts.
I want a man to return home to a happy
family,
harbouring hopes of a lovely reunion.
I don’t want them to lead a life riddled I want to tell the Martyrs’ family :
with uncertainty. Your sacrifices shall not go in vain.
I want to see their hopes rescued from the I want to tell their relatives :
oblivion. Let go of the excruciating pain.
I want a planet free of creed and caste.
I want to see a World where ; A planet defunct of injustice .
Every person is respected. A planet where men and women are on
Where Love and Inclusion are the only the same slate,
morals we share, A planet freed from the waves of igno-
Where Trust can never be molested. rance.
I want to see a shunned arquebuse.
SHIVANI PILLAI XI-C
Not torn and tattered books.
