A Prayer for the 21st Century
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(I've posted this before, but this one bears repeating)
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 and still understood
May gardens be wild like jungles
May nature never be tamed
May dangers make of 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.
-John Marsden
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 and still understood
May gardens be wild like jungles
May nature never be tamed
May dangers make of 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.
-John Marsden
Life is the riddle
Of which we're caught in the middle.
A couple of lucky ones
Tangled up in too much love
~cowboy junkies
Of which we're caught in the middle.
A couple of lucky ones
Tangled up in too much love
~cowboy junkies
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Of which we're caught in the middle.
A couple of lucky ones
Tangled up in too much love
~cowboy junkies
Yeah, I saw it there first. But somehow I feel people will turn that thread into a battlefield. At least here, people can read it and enjoy it, and like it for what it is and means...
Instead of a thread about a Iraq, Bush etc. I just hope the poem is not wasted on most of them.
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Yes, well, naturally, know1 had to say something sarcastic about my praying. As if sarcasm was a real contribution to the thread. I doubt he even read it, poor bastard. I posted it there because it has political references, I think, about war and poverty, and while I do expect that there will be some back & forth, I just really wanted to share it with everyone and give them food for thought. Maybe with food in their mouths, they'll shut up for a few minutes.
Of which we're caught in the middle.
A couple of lucky ones
Tangled up in too much love
~cowboy junkies
Sorry to disappoint you, but I was being sincere. It was you who introduced sarcasm to that thread.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
What can be sarcastic about posting a poem?
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Good question! I thought it was a great prayer, personally.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
It doesn't really matter whether it's a prayer or a poem or both, it's the message that's important.
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No one needs a smile more than someone who fails to give one,
After you die...you know how to LIVE!