Helen J Radford Poet Didactic

Prayer For Peace

Let love be the key and 
the purpose of my being. 
Let compassion course 
through my veins, and 
kindness to humanity be 
the reason for my existence. 

Let there be a hope for 
the future in the graveyard 
of destruction, and let 
new life spring from the 
seeds of murderous greed. 
An end to need......... 

A sharing of resources 
in a world that has enough 
for everyone. No more hunger, 
no more violence, just an endless 
spring of hope from which to 
drink, and love on which to feed. 

If we all shout loud enough 
our voices will be heard. 
If we all stand tall enough 
the spine of faith will straighten, 
and changes will occur. 
But if we whisper in the corner, 

and let the bullies win, 
and with a look they wither us 
so we crumble and give in, 
then the destruction will continue: 
the world will surely die, 
the rivers all will cease to flow; 

and we'll be left there you 
and I, still cowering in the corner 
mouthing silent words of platitude, 
watching armies of undoing 
conquer towns of desolation 
and fields of broken dreams. 

Let's all sing together then, 
with unity of voice. 
Let's all march with defiance 
while there's still a choice. 
Join hands in rings of friendship, 
shout loud a victory song, 

Let all the world, from east to 
west harmoniously sing along.

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