"Creating peace," a poem by Louise Imm-Cooper

We are weaving a tapestry of peace

     every fiber, every shape

      gives it form and purpose.

And like the myriad colors and patterns in its design

    each of us is spinning into it the threads of our

            different experiences and perspectives

         as well as the hues of our individual ideas.

 

The strength and beauty of the finished piece comes from

            hearing and respecting the separate voices

For without seeing and understanding the message each one brings,

           the colors become muted ….almost too similar

 and the shapes – so carefully formed by singular threads -                              

           are less distinct and not as visible.

                                  Louise Imm-Cooper 5/23/2003

louise imm-cooper, a community educator and storyteller, has been a peace and social justice activist since the early 1960’s.  She lives near the rolling farmlands of eastern Pennsylvania, U.S.A. enjoying life and all things literary including writing in simple verse.