Candlelit dreams for peace poetry... 

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Unsettling fears 

run deep as 

waters' flow 

unmerciful 

rushing banks 

of mind and soul 

as global change 

leaves human 

spirits isolated... 

forlorn   

~ 

Tears console 

a heart so 

heavy, we cling 

to hope where 

none seems 

near, the mind 

in hopeless 

abandon, save 

flicker's intention 

candlelit salvation 

~ 

A match bears 

weeping, as flames 

seer the sword 

of the bearer 

unwavering 

bent to  

destroy 

best of human 

intention 

pray for... 

salvation 

~ 

A people’s 

children lay 

in helpless 

abandon 

unrestful 

sleep, weary 

mind's tumble 

resonates, hopeful 

comforting  

~ 

Promise soothes 

relenting sorrow 

long burns the 

candle, in saviour 

sworn 

to have, to hold 

in healing 

lightness from dark 

an angel sings 

 

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