Fw: Ramadan peace fast- day 5- poem

 

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From: carol wolman

To: peacemakers

Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 5:31 AM

Subject: Ramadan peace fast- day 5- poem

I will hear what God proclaims;
the LORD–for he proclaims peace.

Psalm 85: 9

http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/101904.htm

 

Here's a poem I wrote in 1949, at age 8.  It holds up well.

 

War, war, war.

Will never the earth be free?

Will never the nations come to peace?

Will people never agree?

 

Why must there be fighting,

Hatred, oppression and fear?

And why must young men go to war,

Leaving all that they hold dear?

 

The world is weary of war and hate,

Like Noah after the flood.

May peace soon come as a rainbow,

And free us from wars of blood.

 

In the name of the Prince of Peace,   Carol Wolman