Everlasting Peace

each and every stone
in a cemetery 
marks
the spot of a hero

sons daughters
fathers mothers
uncles aunts
sisters brothers

all nationalities
all races
and religions
lying comfortably
side by side
for a change
in everlasting peace
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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