Immediate Action

PERFECTION, The type written page, SIMPLICITY No matter the age. COMPLETED, The document mailed, NO MISTAKES It told a tale. FOLDED In a envelope of satin IN THE CORNER, An emblem in Latin. RETURN ADDRESS Written in gold INSIDE THE WORDS, Had never been told. RECEIVED, By the messenger, then on to the guard SUCH A RAINY NIGHT In the Palace court yard. SECURITY, Trying not to be seen, PASSED IT ON To her Majesty The Queen. IMMEDIATE ACTION, She picked up the phone, SEND THIS TO ALL Who sit on a throne. A COMMONER, You might well know it, BUT THIS MESSAGE OF PEACE Could only come from a poet. Lynn Hanna Barany