STARSONG

The children were crying at night in their beds

Frightening thoughts going round in their heads

Aware of The News and what had been said.

 

Attacks on the cities, planes had been crashed,

Grownups with bombs, governments clashed,

People were missing, buildings were trashed.

 

Then, suddenly, children heard a soft sound

As a light in the darkness wrapped itself round

The children by heavenly stars had been found.

 

They sat up and heard a song in the night

The stars were suddenly brilliantly bright

Their hearts were filled with new warming light.

 

“Come back to star wishing!”  the stars sang to say

“We need your wishes.  Please don’t be afraid.”

“We’re fed by your wishes at the end of each day.”

 

“We’re always here for the children of earth”

United, star galaxies twinkled in mirth

(A star had been born at each child’s birth.)

 

“Look up!  Make a wish!”  the Starsong they sang

Each star a bit different, none quite the same

Each star had a child to follow by name.

 

To the sound of Starsong the children were lured

From all of the world the children were heard

United, they sent up their wish in one word

 

“PEACE!”

Patricia & Maria Montesano October 2001

 

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