Four Weeks of World Peace

Written by Ian Zou from Ranny School in NJ, USA

First week of world peace, people ponder

Who are the ones to redeem

Why did we go through all the torture

All because of an unraveled dream

Beyond the time, things shall alter

Second week of world peace, people rebuild

Urban revive, skyscrapers erected

Not a single drop of cement spilt

Happy are the families to connect

Cities lay flourished like a quilt

Third week of world peace, people delete

None suffer from poverty

People destroy treaties that cheat

Everyone equally enjoys the novelty

No more injustice, no more defeat.

Last week of world peace, people ponder

What of hate, what of duty

Age of extinction is put to an order

What heart does humanity possess truly?

What lesson do we learn there?

Artist Statement:

My poem surrounds the topic of satirizing the cruelty of warfare to remind people of the peace we have today and to share voices with the ones suffering from deadly catastrophes in dangerous places around the world.