Stay still as a stone.
Do not move a muscle
Even if a crab's claw crawls up you.
You must. Stay. Still
and listen.

You have been wanting me, I know.
You have been wishing me,
needing me,
sleeping with me
-- Do not take me as if disgusted
-- I know you do.

But how can you have me
when you call in an angry voice?
when you try to touch me with sinful hands?
when you yearn for me through deaths and deceit?

You cannot cry, must never.
I will not love you, for I love flowers and pillows
not guns and dynamite,
I love the gentle and the kind
not the liars nor the swine,
I love forgiveness and humanity
not revenge, not cruelty,
For I am, and I truly am, peace.

You have been wanting me, I know.
You have wished me,
needed me,
slept with me
even with all your lies and all your sins
on the ground beneath you,
and the air around you

But I will not listen to your calls.
I will never let you touch me.
I will walk away from your yearning
lest you try to be what I love.