POEM: Prayer for the 21st Century (non-religious)
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A Prayer for the 21st Century (edited)
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 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 every aircraft fly safely
May every traveler be found
May sailors in crossing the ocean
Not hear the cries of the drowned
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
This poem is by John Marsden, and I found it in children's a picture book. I really love it, and I think it is very timely. It usually makes me cry! Especially the lines about being outlived by our children, and the one about those living in the shadows. Pretty powerful stuff.
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 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 every aircraft fly safely
May every traveler be found
May sailors in crossing the ocean
Not hear the cries of the drowned
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
This poem is by John Marsden, and I found it in children's a picture book. I really love it, and I think it is very timely. It usually makes me cry! Especially the lines about being outlived by our children, and the one about those living in the shadows. Pretty powerful stuff.
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 what it means to be young
May those who live in the shadows
Be seen by those in the sun
i loved this two
Jim Carrol