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The Peace I Pray for

July 25, 2013
By MeggieMills SILVER, Baltimore, Maryland
MeggieMills SILVER, Baltimore, Maryland
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I write...so therefor I am a Writer.


Opening the door
I discover so much more
The tears that fall...
The blood that splatters on the ground
There's never a wall
Between you and the next bound
The gun shots
The bullets
The corpse rots
Hiding in pits
The skies are always clouding
We're waiting for the sun to come out from hiding...
I pray
For the wars to come to an end
At that day
Family to meet again
It's all wars!
Slamming doors!
Where is the peace I'm praying for?
Why do we have to fight?
Why can't we get things right?
Why do we have arguing?
Why do we have to keep suing?
Why are we all living in the dark?
Close the line!
We have to make a spark
Bring out the sunshine
And make a fire!!!
It's the peace I pray for
I'm watching the news
I'm suddenly in my own blues
Because I see people clinging to the thread of life
Before it got cut with a knife
It's so sad to see the children!!!
Why are we committing this sin?
Why don't we shake hands?
Stop the lessening amount of thread strands
And how people keep holding on...
But then their eyes close and they see a new dawn!
The gun shots
The bullets
The corpse rots
Hiding in pits
The skies are always clouding
We're waiting for the sun to come out from hiding...
I pray
For the wars to come to an end
At that day
Family to meet again
It's all wars!
Slamming doors!
Where is the peace I'm praying for?
Why do we have to fight?
Why can't we get things right?
Why do we have arguing?
Why do we have to keep suing?
Why are we all living in the dark?
Close the line!
We have to make a spark
Bring out the sunshine
And make a fire!!!
It's the peace I pray for
Why don't we all raise a white flag?
Why are we always in a zigzag?
I'm tiiired of this
No one was hiiired to see the ending bliss...
Why don't we all just listen?
Don't continue this diss'in
I pray
For the wars to come to an end
At that day
Family to meet again
It's all wars!
Slamming doors!
Where is the peace I'm praying for?
Why do we have to fight?
Why can't we get things right?
Why do we have arguing?
Why do we have to keep suing?
Why are we all living in the dark?
Close the line!
We have to make a spark
Bring out the sunshine
And make a fire!!!
It's the peace I pray for
The peace I pray for
The peace...
I... Pray...
for....


The author's comments:
This song is dedicated to all the Arab world. They are all under destruction and almost war at the moment...I have friends that suffered and I wanted to help them with something... So this just flipped in.
Egypt, Syria, Palestine... They are all in turmoil... I just hope that mine will stay safe in the middle of the storm...

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on Jun. 18 2014 at 4:26 am
MeggieMills SILVER, Baltimore, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
I write...so therefor I am a Writer.

Ty. I needed a line like that becuz my friend's relatives got killed in Syria only recently, so I'm feeling sad for her...

.king. SILVER said...
on Nov. 27 2013 at 1:37 pm
.king. SILVER, Yeux Bien Tres Bien, Other
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( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

Yes! I totally agree, there should be peace in the MiddleEast! :D Cool poem!

on Nov. 27 2013 at 10:13 am
MeggieMills SILVER, Baltimore, Maryland
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I write...so therefor I am a Writer.

Thank you for the opinion!

Hanban12 ELITE said...
on Sep. 19 2013 at 2:46 pm
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

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"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them."
Henry David Thoreau

"I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once."
John Green

This is amazing, Meggie! Very powerful and inspirational. Yes, where is the peace we pray for? I believe your rhyme scheme is very affective and captivating, while your imagery is spot on. Well done with this! please write more!

on Aug. 8 2013 at 1:08 am
MeggieMills SILVER, Baltimore, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
I write...so therefor I am a Writer.

Thank you so much! Maybe Iive somewhere in the middle of like four countries filled with turmoil. I guess thats how I got the inspiration fall...      

Zolenz DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 1 2013 at 12:48 pm
Zolenz DIAMOND, Musquodoboit Harbour, NS, Other
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The pain that have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
- Thomas Jefferson

This is very powerful. i've read other articles that try to capture the essence you did that didnt quite work. well done!