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My Prayer for the 21st Century

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Dear sweet world of dreams,
Oh how we have forsaken thee!
Destroyed the love of our countries,
So our hearts remain empty?

Dear illusion inside our mind,
In this light, we still become so blind.
Not knowing that we will never find
The peace that we have left behind.

Dear seventh sin of greed,
Why must we always feel the need
To gain control while others bleed
And celebrate that “faithful” deed?

Dear magically fantasy,
Why can’t we just be free?
Of hate, of fear and misery?
Like the way it was supposed to be…

Dear feeling of hate inside,
It is you in which that we confide.
Yet we still blame you for each one who died.
It’s your fault for every tear we cried.

Dear innocence, we smell red.
From all those thoughts inside our head.
And all the plotting we do in bed,
Knowing that someone will end up dead.

Dear Twenty-First Century,
We’re sorry.
OMFG! I'M BACK!!

well...not really >.>
still have writer's block, but I was forced to write this for school...

This is dedicated to our world...the Twenty-First century. Inspiration came from John Marsden's poem "A Prayer for the Twenty-First Century":

May the road be free for the journey,
May it lead where it promised it would,
May the stars that gave ancient bearings
Be seen, still be understood.

May every aircraft fly safely,
May every traveler be found,
May sailors, in crossing the ocean
Not hear the cries of the drowned.

May gardens be wild, like jungles,
May nature never be tamed,
May dangers create for us heroes,
May fears always have names.

May the mountains stand to remind us
Of what it means to be young,
May we be outlived by our daughters,
May we be outlived by our sons.

May the bombs rust away in the bunkers,
And the doomsday clock not be rewound,
May the solitary scientists, working,
Remember the holes in the ground.

May the knife remain in the holder,
May the bullet stay in the gun,
May those who live in the shadows
Be seen by those in the sun.




I pray for those who fell victim to this day that happened seven years ago...could you believe it? It's already been seven years since the fall of the Twin Towers...Be safe, everyone.
© 2008 - 2024 Ryous-lil-Hentai
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