A PRAYER FOR PEACE
by Willie Bryant

I pray for peace.
Piece of mind for parents
who have warrior sons and daughters.

I pray for peace.
Piece of mind for parents of our
slain “enemies.”

I pray for peace.
Piece of mind for myself
as I watch my son and daughter
grow older and wonder what conflict may
threaten to take what is most precious in this world away from me.

Willie Bryant is a student at Daemen College, Buffalo, New York.