WHAT DID YOU SAY?
by
Charles T. McGrath
I’m
scared, I said, I really am. I’m tall, I’m broad, and I am a man. But you
heard me right, I’m scared. I’ve watched and seen, I’ve listened and heard,
the world is exploding, and mankind’s a nerve. I’m scared, for this too is
my plight: I’m scared, but who do I fight? There are no winners, let none
deny, today we live, tomorrow we die.
But because I am a man, I admit weakness and seek where I
can. On my knees praying for a sign, for rhyme or reason, or are these
thoughts only mine? When from above like the key to the vault, this thought
occurs unlocking all doubt: we are wrong, you and me, because we fight we’re
never free. There is a way, look closely, you’ll see, PEACE as we dream, you
and me.
Now I worry, but for you I insist, for when PEACE is at
hand will you resist?
END