Dream-catcher above my head,
collect if you would the demons who
follow me into the night;
trap in your web
visions of children dying,
Innocence stolen by shotgun blasts..
Holdback dark shadows of death
stalking those not yet ready
to depart.
Do not allow mourning mothers
wailing with loss to follow me
into the night.
Take away grotesque image
of missing faces, barren places,
empty graves reaching,
waiting to wrap around lifeless victims,
so full of life
just moments ago.
Let pass only peaceful scenes
of life and love
and hope.
Let me dream of joy
on young faces
going places where lives will be fulfilled
and they follow their destiny,
whatever that may be.
Let me dream of harmony,
spend sleeping hours
in Utopia...
for as I wake
the nightmares of reality
shall surely be upon me
once again.
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