One day, I dream, our children will not hunger – inspired by Zacchaeus
One day, I dream, our children will not hunger:
when I have put aside my grasping greed,
when neighbours are true friends we love and cherish,
when hand in hand we meet each human need.
I long to greet that day when human crying
is heard no more upon this ravaged earth,
when children grow in hope and not in horror,
not fearful of food’s scarcity or dearth.
I scan the distance, glimpsing heaven’s embers,
an afterglow of all that might have been,
reminding of what still might be before us
if we can act with love within this scene.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
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Metre: 11 10 11 10
LORD OF THE YEARS
O PERFECT LOVE
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