I pray for peace
for war to cease
for kids to breathe
for love’s increase
I pray for youth
for guns to truce
for hate to lose
for freedom, too
I pray for calm
for respite from harm
for bombs to disarm
for cold hearts to warm
I pray for strife’s end
for foe to turn friend
for a message to send
for a better world,
amen
Born in Brooklyn to Panamanian parents, Gregory Pond has written 4 books of poetry, aftermoon – Blackened Blue – 4:00 a.m. (DARK) – 4:00 a.m. (LIGHT). Gregory is a member of Revolutionary Poets Brigade and volunteers as facilitator of Poetically Speaking, a weekly conference-call program for seniors offered by Covia Well Connected. His literary influences include Langston Hughes, e.e. cummings, and Gwendolyn Brooks. He currently lives in San Francisco.
