By Ron Faust
Once a peace walker decided to journey
From Wichita to a Kansas City nuclear weapon plant
Some 253 miles, including the Flint Hills Nature Trail,
To save the earth and ban nuclear weapons
The trek was arduous, meditatively challenging
Testing the limits of one’s ability to be alive
Examining values in the crossroad of choices
Taking a difficult road, less traveled and lonely
He was not alone, tracing steps of moral vision
Following Prophets and Martin Luther King Jr
Seeking peace, justice, creation, embodying
Love, openness, and truth to one’s values
This summer trip may go unnoticed on a dusty trail
Not as exciting as war, fun times and sports
A peace traveler may not make the evening news
But as footsteps fade, still echo waves will follow.
9/17/21 (On occasion in 2021 when peace advocates of PeaceWorks-KC follow the walk of Charles Carney by keeping the peace vision alive) Copyright 2021, Ron Faust, Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International License.
