Mule

Always peace comes 
with a cost
it’s never free
if it does 
then it’s not 
be wary the 
hawker and promises
be cautious of 
easy simple solutions 
you are not 
the chosen one 
you aren’t anointed 
if anything you 
are a mule
tasked with shouldering 
every heavy burden 
heaped upon you 
up the steepest 
slope to the 
highest of mountains 
where upon reaching 
you’ll be freed
from all woe
worries and wounds 
this is the 
price of peace