1 How long, O Lord, how long
must carnage blight our age?
How long before all humankind
let love disarm their rage?
2 The streets still run with blood
as dust distils the light;
while buildings clouded by the pall
of smoke are hid from sight.
3 Our children huddle, dead,
the world seems blind to wrong;
when will your people heed your word?
How long, O Lord, how long?
Andrew E. Pratt (born 1948)
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