Tomorrow

For our children, 

Give them long, cool days 
beneath unending blue skies.
Let the poison in the air 
Dissipate and diffuse. 

Let them again fish 
in the wondrous deep seas 
of their imaginations.

Do not let fear possess them, 
do not let it tarnish 
their technicolor brilliance.

Bid them to know 
the consoling bark of a favorite dog, 
the ordinary joy of friendship.

Protect them, 
but do not imprison them
The shade called fear 
will always linger; 
it will always consume our hearts. 

Let them be free, 
To wander, to wonder, 
To experience love 
in ways that only the young can.

Give them the world we once knew 
before blades and bullets 
shattered our ideals 
and killed the child inside.