Looking In Peace

Peace in uncorrupted moments of daily life

Photo by Sven Mieke on Unsplash

there is peace when I do not
have to see you as a threat
or an object to be manipulated
or a thing to be owned

there is peace when I am relaxed to see you
and appreciate you — your uniqueness
without taking the role of the hunter or the hunted
or to vomit my…