This poetic script about the meaning of hope, joy, peace, and love. It is featured on the band Noumuso’s album “Freequency Of Da Sun“.

(TWO CHILDREN ARE WALKING ALONG AND TALKING ABOUT THE MEANING OF HOPE, JOY, PEACE, AND LOVE. THEY SEE AN ADULT, AND THEN ASK THEM FOR ANSWERS.)

CHILD 1: LET’S ASK MR./MS. (LAST NAME).

CHILD 2: MR./MS. (LAST NAME), WHAT IS HOPE ?

ADULT: WHEN THINGS ARE GOING BAD AND YOU ARE WONDERING, “ARE THINGS GOING TO GET BETTER?”, HOPE IS THIS LITTLE VOICE, THAT COMES UP ON THE INSIDE AND SAYS, “ITS GOING TO BE BETTER, ITS GOING TO BE OK!”

CHILD 1: MR./MS. (LAST NAME) WHAT IS PEACE?

ADULT: PEACE IS A GIFT, LIKE GIVING A PRESENT TO SOMEONE , AND THAT GIFT IS THAT I WILL TREAT YOU THE WAY THAT I WANT TO BE TREATED SO THINGS CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU. PEACE IS A GIFT.

CHILD 2: MR./MS. (LAST NAME) WHAT IS LOVE?

ADULT: LOVE IS A DECISION. IT’S NOT A FEELING, IT’S A DECISION. AND IT’S A
DECISION TO GIVE PEACE TO SOMEONE. LOVE IS WHEN YOU DECIDE TO SAY, “I’M GOING TO TREAT YOU THE WAY I WANT TO BE TREATED, SO THAT THINGS CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU.” SO LOVE IS THE DECISION TO GIVE THAT GIFT CALLED PEACE.

CHILD 1: MR./MS. (LAST NAME), WHAT IS JOY?

ADULT: JOY IS THE DECISION TO LISTEN TO THAT VOICE CALLED HOPE. SO WHEN HOPE SAYS: ITS GOING TO BE OK, JOY IS SAYING: ALRIGHT, IT IS GOING TO BE OK. JOY IS LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF HOPE………SO WHAT DO YOU THINK JOY IS?

CHILD 1 AND CHILD 2: LOVE, PEACE, HOPE AND PLAYING IN THE SUN!

(ADULT AND CHILDREN SAY THE CLOSING LINES IN A RAP STYLE TO THE MUSIC. THEY WILL REPEAT THEM THREE OR FOUR TIMES)

ADULT: LET THE KIDS BE KIDS, KIDS IN THE SUN!

CHILD 1 AND CHILD 2: WE LAUGH, WE PLAY, WE DANCE, WE RUN!

This poem is © Scotty J. Williams