"Echoes of a Distant Tide"

I stand gazing across a sea of despair

Echoes of a distant tide;
My heart is filled with hope.

On the distant shore conflict rages.
Each claiming theirs is the better side;
Each side is just as blind.

Disease and Fear of it turn brethren,
Nowhere does peace and love abide.
But in the hearts of those who are true.

How long must this disparity rage!
Do we with love our futures bind?
Shedding rage and imagined slight?

The hope of love and new mornings,
Sunlight warming; let it rise!
Dispel the specter of dismay,
Let love have its way.

“Echoes of a Distant Tide”
by
Jerry E Smith
©10/02/2020

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