If only there was no war in the sky,

No fire where the children lie,

No sirens cutting through the night,

No leaders calling darkness light.

Just open roads and open hands,

No blood spilled over borrowed land,

No mothers staring at the door,

Waiting for a son who’s not there anymore.


But power speaks in polished lies,

Wears a flag as a disguise,

Sells us fear in noble words,

While truth goes down without a heard.


If only there was peace instead,

No crowns of gold bought with the dead,

No oil-stained hands, no pockets lined,

No wolves pretending to be kind.

No bombs to “save” what they destroy,

No stolen future from a girl or boy.

If only those who lead would see,

The cost of war is humanity.


They stand on stages, clean and proud,

Shouting justice to the crowd,

But justice doesn’t burn a home,

Or turn a child to dust and bone.

They draw their borders thick and red,

Then sleep while cities fill with lead.

They call it “order,” call it “right,”

While families disappear at night.


They trade in fear, they deal in flame,

They never bleed, but sign the blame.

They talk of peace with sharpened knives,

And gamble with a million lives.


If only there was peace instead,

No profit rising from the dead,

No hunger masked as patriot pride,

No truth that’s twisted, justified.

No rockets screaming through the blue,

No “collateral” they never knew.

If only those who rule the game,

Felt every loss they sign their name.


No more oil for blood and sand,

No more greed with a steady hand,

No more speeches dressed in white,

While cities burn beyond the light.
We are not numbers, not supply,

Not smoke beneath a darkened sky.

Every life a beating flame,

Not a pawn in a power game.


Let there be peace, not empty words,

Not treaties broken, not cries unheard.

Let there be leaders brave enough

To choose compassion over stuff.

Let there be truth that’s clear and loud,

Not war wrapped up in a flag and proud.


If only we stood and said, “Enough,

No more war for the rich and tough.”

If only there was peace to find,

Not drawn by greed or twisted mind.

Until that day, we stand and speak,

Because the strongest hearts choose peace.