Meditation #7: Prayer for Peace
Rent from DeepDyve- Meditation #7:Prayer for Peace
May a bird kill a cannonand a baby destroy a gunMay buildings banish missilesand children stop tanksMay a mother's love bury bombsand hand grenadesMay palm trees and olive grovesoverwhelm planes with theirbeauty and bountyMay the rivers and the earth repelall things that stain and sully themMay blood spilled flow back into theveins of the innocent deadMay families rise up out of the ashesto break bread once moreMay love curl around the barren hearts of menMay the flowers of imagination bloom in their mindsMay our wars be only of words, never of swordsMay the gods we pray to bewithout history, without nameswithout nations, without creedswithout religionMay I love you in laughter and grace all theDays without end
Luis H. Francia is a poet, nonfiction writer, and journalist. He has published three collections of poetry, the latest being Museum of Absences (2004). His memoir, Eye of the Fish: A Personal Archipelago, won both the 2002 PEN Center Open Book and the 2002 Asian American Writers literary awards. He writes a monthly online column for Manila’s Philippine Daily Inquirer. He lives in Queens and teaches at New York University.
