Where is peace on earth? you ask
and I say it is present
the way silence is present
beneath the din of everything;
it arrives without fanfare
like snow that falls while you sleep;
it bears no brand or moniker,
but appears where it is welcome,
and sometimes where it is not.
Or did you mean to ask,
Why is there so much unrest?
and I say remember
that we are formed
from the dust of fallen stars.
