MINE TO GIVE

The words were my heart's cry:
"May there be peace on earth"

in eight languages I chose
not all languages I knew, just the ones
I wanted to hear it in: May there be peace

on earth

Swahili
English
Spanish
Navajo
French
Wolof
Portuguese
Russian

I gave the pole to a new friend
someone I wanted to remember me
for longing for peace
she understood 

So I dug up the peace pole 
from my yard and gave it to her
because it was mine to give


© Valerie Bridgeman
March 23, 2013