we cry out for peace, <br />but there can be no peace <br />until we find peace within... <br />men who are not at peace <br />within... start wars, fight wars, <br />and kill innocent people. <br />the whole journey begins and <br />ends within... when we stray <br />from the path we become the tool <br />of suffering... we become fear! <br />the poetic experience seeks <br />to free us from our fears... <br />and it begins by being a mirror!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-poetic-experience-part-three/