A prayer for peace
By Aishwariya Laxmi
He tosses and turns in bed all night
Visions of the war haunt him
Through dawn and into daylight
The town had celebrated
His return in “one piece”
All those years ago
When would they realize
That the price of survival
Was a broken family,
Shattered dreams
And a splintered mind?
Doctors had tried to numb his pain
With opioids
But his agony did not stop
And he knew nothing would change
Until humankind understood
That wars were futile
It takes courage to bring about change
It takes courage to end all conflict
If only peace would prevail…
Bio
Aishwariya Laxmi is a writer, editor, blogger, and poet living in suburban Chennai, India. She blogs on https://aishwariyalaxmi.com/ and has a newsletter at https://ash.fambase.com/. Her poems and flash fiction have been published in numerous anthologies.
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