ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM: award winner

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM: award winner



All I have to do is dream
And a new world I see,
Which is free of pain and woes,
But full of joy and glee.

Rockets kill not in this world,
Nor human bombs explode.
Armies invade not nations,
Nor a mountain abode.

In this world religions are
For love and not for fight.
One country does not impose
Its will through use of might.

None speaks a lie in this world
To kill a President,
Quoting the WMD,
Which are non-existent.

In my dream world dogs are not
Let loose on prisoners.
Naked men are not jeered at
By young female soldiers.



• Written in abcb 7-6-7-6 format

• Awarded second prize in the "Musical Inspirations Contest”, "Musical Inspirations Contest "  where the prompt was to build a poem on a title borrowed from a song. This poem has the same title as a song by Roy Orbison / Everly Brothers

• Initially posted as entry no. 494725 in "WAR POETRY--award winner" 



M C Gupta
13 March 2007