By Ron Faust
Super powers have nuclear weapons out of fear
Afraid to get rid of them lest they lose control
Thinking they will win with bargaining chips
That will have their opponents back down
Unfortunately this fear compromises diplomacy
The nuclear elephant in the room violates trust
Unable to join the rest of the world in solidarity
With a Ban Treaty of nuclear disarmament
Nations with nuclear weapons have a problem
They appear belligerent, inflexible, deceitful
In a fragile world that could blow itself apart
So the urgency of PeaceWorks moves our heart.
3/6/22 (On occasion of the Annual Meeting of PeaceWorks
to remember the 1st anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
and ponder why diplomacy of big nations is so difficult, as in the attack of Russia on Ukraine)
