Said the Sage (A Villanelle in Pentametre) <br /> <br />'If we really wish for Peace' said the sage, <br />'Before fighting with another nation, <br />With our own defects a war we should wage. <br />'Do as you'd be done by' goes the adage. <br />From this, we should draw some inspiration, <br />If we really wish for peace' said the sage. <br /> <br />'All thoughts of vengeance born of senseless rage <br />Curbing, for our aims' fructification, <br />With our own defects a war we should wage. <br /> <br />Into others' faults why should we rummage? <br />Succumb we should not, to such temptation, <br />If we really wish for peace' said the sage. <br /> <br />'In order to make her return-passage <br />Safe, and free from all contamination, <br />With our own defects a war we should wage. <br /> <br />We might manage, thus, to unlock her cage <br />And gain for her 'Emancipation'. <br />If we really wish for Peace' siad the sage <br />'With our own defects a war we should wage'.<br /><br />Dr. Tulsi Hanumanthu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/said-the-sage/
