There is Hope

a requiem for the worlds dream

A glimmer of hope
for the candle that burns
A world at war with itself
for reasons no one understands
Religion, politics and what not
and what does God want?
For the students at Columbine
When justice arrives
The Isrialites and Arabs
When faith does not arm
The United States
When everyone finds the middle ground
and the flood of hate evaporates
and the dogs, sheep and pigs
can live without biting the hands of freedom
and Jesus and the Jews
share the same political view
And can the world live with itself
When each small candle burns itself out
and we find war has won out
yet the candle of hope
still burns?