Peace!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(The one on the right with the dark glasses is my son, John.)

 

 

If I could have one wish today
T’would be for peace upon our world
For that would surely be the way
To bring my son home flags unfurled.

He’s in Afghanistan right now
Where danger lurks beneath the ground.
Where I.E.D.’s will not allow
A sure safe passage to be found.

Although I am a realist
And know that wars are here to stay
My wish for peace would still persist
If I could have one wish today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Carry on Tuesday, Prompt #92 = "If I had just one wish"
My wish is for my son's safe return.

Reviews

[Michael.]

Seemed like a mixture of a blog and poem.
Interesting feel.

[Robin]

"To bring my son home flags unfurled " how the heart weighs heavy on that line .. my wish would be for all mothers not to have such worries

[OT]

I wish many share with you! peace - an impossible ideal perhaps! nice!! and always in keeping with that four beat!

[writernubbin]

Forever and always a mother's prayer all over the world. Good.

[Art Sun]

I truly hope for your son's safe passage home just like each and every soldier out there...though we are all realist within this war it is left up to us to pray for peace...may we live to see a world within it...