Stand near me fiery dragon,
Stand close by my side,
Witness the oncoming weight.
Fiery dragon come to devour harmony,
Echoing death in your folds,
Shrieking sorrow aloft,
It is time.

Can you sense it?

There! On the horizon!
See her lights rising over the mountains?
Come!
Stand near me!
Read her manifesto!

Mother Theresa,
Fuller, Nader,
Rosa, Whitman,
Maathai, Sakharov,
Lama and Black Elk!

It is time for you to witness,
Still in your endeavor of war,
Stilled of thy bloody lips fresh kill.
Hold still thy grotesque talons!
Quiet now!
Quiet.
Quiet.
Quiet.
Listen.

Coretta and Martin,
Naser, Lennon,
Malcom X and Santana!

Hear the distant whistle?
Heed the rumbling ground?
Quiet.
Quiet.
Quiet.
Listen.

John and Jackie,
Aristophines,
Mutombo, Baez, Muller,
Hutchins, Neruda and Banks!

Can you not hear her thunder?
Her prayerful toll?
No! Tis not clanging death
You miscreant of fraud!

Indira and Mahatma,
Tolstoy, Gelder Bono,
Bono and Tutu,
Einstein, Nobel and Rabin!

Tis but a train;
A full on synthesis of dreams
En route thy despondent armor,
Transporting the old and new;
A collection of travelers,
Passengers in quest of the truth;

Rosalynn and Jimmy,
Dylan, Kravitz, Ul Haq
Gibran and Maya Angelou!

Look!
On the horizon!
Heed The Peace Train!

Eleanor and Franklin,
Buddha, Zerbo,
Yusupova,
Emerson and Earhart!

Stand near me, fiery beast!
Center track,
Witness the oncoming weight
Of peace!