Conclusion In Black and White

Don't let darkness 
     frighten you
   The bright light of 
a new dawn is coming 
      Beaten down, we fear 
  shadows as as they move onto 
       the fields and the homes 
of our land
  Yet in the gloom 
     a thin beam 
   of hope
Pierces the air
       The long 
night is ending 
        the hopes 
of the multitude 
    are realized 
A thousand faces 
      will light up 
Joy will conquer sorrow
      Songs will reverberate 
in the hills once more
   peace and understanding 
will become the bywords
in this land 
     which had been torn 
by strife will now experience 
         a peaceful re - birth
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Guzzi Avatar
May 6, 2009 at 11:27 AM
ahh if birth or re-birth were only peaceful! Light & Love
Chircop Avatar
April 29, 2009 at 10:32 AM
you made me feel at peace--------wonderful rebirth----charma
Goff Avatar
April 26, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Matt, a lovely peace-filled poem! I love poems like this! a rightful subject! and thanks for your kind comments! Jim
Devonshire Avatar
April 25, 2009 at 1:05 PM
I hope you're right, Matt. Some say "hope springs eternal," but I haven't been seeing much of it lately. Very good observation of what is happening worldwide today as we await "a peaceful rebirth."
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