A PRAYER for the CHILDREN of the WORLD
May the children of the world
Have the strength to stand apart
From the anger, fear and hate
That daily shake their parents’ hearts.
May the children of the world
Feel that time is their best friend
With time to play and time to feed
Time to sleep at good day’s end.
May hunger not threaten
May water not poison,
Nor pestilence hinder their night.
May hopes remain constant.
Laughter stop sorrow
May children be children
As is their right.
May the shouting of soldiers
Fade like an echo.
May the rumble of tanks
Be a storm that is passing.
May the calm that sustains
All things, be apparent,
And our world of difference
Be a cause for delight.
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