PEACE MAKERS?

Where have all the peacemakers gone?

All we have are thistles and thorns,

Leaders used to be so brilliant and bright

Seeing or hearing them was such a delight

 

Now, all we hear is the threat of terror

When they are the ones who created this horror,

Constantly you hear about nuclear power

Bad pronunciation, the word “nuclear” gets devoured

 

 

I wonder if our children would have better tomorrows

For at the moment, no respite from so much sorrows,

Pangs and pines you feel for the helpless and poor

Even sadder, their numbers are becoming more and more

 

If I ruled the world everyone would have an equal share

There would be no need to live in wants and fear

But God is the creator of this human race

I am certain, He will fix things, as time steals apace…

© Sheriff Ali 2006

Author’s Comments

Despite the darkness that over-shadows the world with violence and chaos, there are graces to which we have not attained; places of fellowship nearer to Christ which we have not reached; and heights of communion which our feet have not climbed. At every banquet of love there are many baskets of fragments left. Let us magnify the liberality of our gracious God.