-peace studies

I am a scholar of peace.

I have written  the essays

on conflict,

peace,

and

security.

I have defined peace

debated it,

and deconstructed it many times.

so arguably, I know a lot

about peace.

 

not really.

 

I have found the peace I have studied

lacking in answers.

just more questions

and ceaseless dissatisfaction

with an unchanging world.

I don’t know peace.

and then,

there are days,

when I travel to myself

undo the parts of me that need to die

water those that need to live.

then,

I know the most intimate peace

the one that is me.

I know peace

 

*Featured Image: Collage of photos I took on a trip to Guestling. 

 

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