49. I Can Do One Thing for Peace
I write this on August 6th, the day of the bombing of Hiroshima, and I remind myself each year that it is up to me to work for peace. Some years ago when I lived in Nyack, NY I went to the Fellowship of Reconciliation to hear several hibakusha speak. These are the people who survived those bombings. And just recently a Mrs. Noto who was a little girl at the time came to the Sparta United Methodist Church to speak.
On both occasions I felt grief that we had done it; sorrow that these persons have had to live with it the rest of their lives; and agreement with their message: Never again.
I wrote:
One Thing for Peace
Chorus:
I can do one thing for peace today
In the very middle of my life,
I can do one thing for peace today
For I know peace is the way.
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Sometimes I get discouraged
Because I’m only one,
But then I remember
That that’s how peace is done—-one by one.
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Everything I do isn’t going to be dramatic
Everything I do won’t be profound,
Some things I do will be quite simple
And they’ll have a peaceful sound—peaceful sound.
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Help me to live peace, Help me to give peace
To everyone I meet throughout my day,
Help me to search for peace, Help me to work for peace
In my house, my town, my land, my world.
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My life is pretty complicated,
Every time I walk through the door,
But I hear that voice clearly saying,
“You can do one thing more to make peace.”
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I can do one thing for peace today
In the very middle of my life
I can do one thing for peace today
For I know peace is the way.
© Words and Music Copyright 2004 Ann Freeman Price
