Peacekeeper

Chaos need not crackle and combust

Or rage and shout

It can ebb and flow like a river

Silent in its destruction

It splinters oh so delicately, unfurls like a spool of thread 

It flutters just so 

As a feather tossed and blown by the breeze, that from afar appears to be dancing 

A peaceful calm sea

That rips and bubbles and churns
underneath 

It's the tip of an iceberg

It's in a fetching smile, heartbroken all the while

It doesn't always glare and hiss

It carefully caresses your hair

Leaving you dizzy with a kiss

Don't ever dain to think all quiet is peace. 

Peace is not something you keep. 

Scratch and yell and tear

If you dare. 

If you must shatter, take all the plates with you 

Peace is not only philosophy and scripture 

Peace isn't passive, peace isn't weak

It's unyielding and stronger than anything 

It can't exist, I think, without conflict

You're not breaking the peace 

(you can't break what wasn't there) 

But defending it, 

And allowing it to speak