WHAT WE SOMETIMES PRAY FOR

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 We pray for eventide
 but to no avail
 Our world is not that simple
 Volcanoes erupt
 Tsunamis wipe our land
 Fire and floods destroy
 life and property
 Hurricanes cause 
 destruction and death
 and we want eventide 
  
 In a simpler world that
 would be a peaceful request,
 but we are living in the 
 midst of violence, war and genocide
 Farmlands have flooded
 Countries are starving their people
 Terrorists are preventing progress
 They destroy valuable assets,
 including infrastructure
 We have crooked politicians
  
 We pray for eventide
 Because we desire peace
 A world with no problems
 But that is not to be
 History has shown us that
 we must pray for courage,
 for grace to recognize duty,
 solutions that are sustainable
 Pray that waters recede
 and graciousness rises up
  
 There is no eventide
 unless we look inside ourselves
 There we make our decisions 
 We calm our storms
 We create our problems
 Begin personal revolutions 
 Discover our strengths,
 our inadequacies, 
 our resolutions
 our eventide
  
 Stanski
 October 17, 2019 ^  
 
 
 
 
 
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