22 December 2010
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Only prayers in dark hours of night
Only stars shining yet again so bright
Only the wishes of all children crying
Only the truth of those forsaking lying
Could shed on the world better light
Could make it better, yes it just might
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Only hems with a thousand stitches
Only brewage of remorseful witches
Only the whispers of innocent dying
Only forgiveness of those much plying
Could bring the world out of the ditches
Could remove of it the merest glitches
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Only the cries of the newborn babies
Only the sighs of withered old ladies
Only the silence of those once defying
Only acceptance of those all denying
Could heal the world of its mad rabies
Could bring certitude to our maybes
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Only the tears of those once almighty
Only the remorse of who was naughty
Only the plight of those not complying
Only the sight of the ones never seeing
Could bring to this world some safety
Could teach our rulers not to be hasty
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Only the thread of a million sorrows
Only the deepest of yonder burrows
Only the madness of those still loving
Only the sadness of those now grieving
Could take this world out of its harrows
Could widen our thought as it narrows
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Only the widow who has lost many a son
Only the child born alone akin to none
Only the warrior with knees all quaking
Only the philosopher with heart shaking
Could bring solace and make us all one
Could help the world glow under the sun
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Only the uncast stones of many an outrage
Only the broken temples of the lost sage
Only the unspoken words with all meaning
Only the stirring of the atheist now praying
Could give us a faith that would us assuage
Could take out of our faith any and all rage
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Only the remembrance of a glorious past
When we as humans paced not so fast
Only the peace of the restless sleeping
Only the heartache of tyrants weeping
Could integrate finally many an outcast
Could now enable our humanity to last
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Only the glitter of glorious morning dew
Only those and some others but so few
Only such simple things all worth trying
Only so little to help us in all redefining
Would we finally retrieve the silvery hue?
Would we now colour our planet so blue?
Only…If Only…
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