Every Child, Each Day
September 2015
There was a time when I would’ve loved to see you
It’s been so long that I forgot your smile
There was a time when I would’ve loved to hear you
I can’t remember your voice; it’s been a while
There are trees on my pillow
And tears in my crib
There are rumours flying backwards
Where babies are conceived
There was a time when I waited for you
Now the minutes have wings
Like Mercury they fly to the heavens
Where golden cherubs sing
I would have given in a heartbeat
All the riches the world brings
To save the child on the beach
And prevent your heart’s weeps
I wrote stories and composed poems
Painted the notes to a tune
My hands sculptured the words of a prophet
While my weapons lay marooned
There are clouds in my bed
A child tried to escape the war
Tears on my pillow
Pleading with us to do more
Waves are washing over
Our dreams, our hopes, our heart
Kids with wings fly to heaven
Calling us to Love
Don’t judge me by my failures
Or the words I didn’t say
I would have given my life in a heartbeat
To save Every Child
Each day
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“Make Love, Not War”
~Leor 🖤
