Looking For Peace

Wandering nightly the city streets
Hoping searching looking for peace
Of mind, of heart, of body and soul.

I found him weeping on a bench in the park
Sitting all alone in the dark
His sadness was profound.

Staring at the moonlit sky
I queried "How can a thing such as you need to cry?
What pain do you possess?"

Between heartwrenching sobs what i heard
Was single, solitary, whispered word
One that was barely comprehended.

"Release"
Is what i was told by Peace
I was shocked.

I sat beside him watching clouds as they go
Thinking about things they didn't know
How i envied them.

How blind i had been to think
That there was a way to avoid how far i could sink
What a fool i was.

But now i undertood a truth that was new
One that still had always been true
Without a little chaos and despair there can be no peace.