Thursday, February 9, 2017

New Poem: Suddenly I Pray




Suddenly I Pray  

I watch the craziness, the violence on the news; 
I see the anger, the fear, the confusion on people's faces. 
Suddenly, I start praying; 
Praying to a wonderful god who watches over us, 
to a loving god who I think that others forget exist. 
Like a father with his child, 
He loves us no matter what 
and nothing will change that fact.



(c)Lena Holdman, all rights reserved 2017

Author Notes: I heard this poem (believe it or not) in a dream last night. Eh, the news these days has been rough.

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