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Issue 47/48 : January - June 2010 : Volume 12 No 3/4



    Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan

    The War

    If I could offer drops of faith to fill your endless need
    I would open all my salty rivers, let them flow into your desert

    If I could wrap our eyes in memories of peace
    I would blind us both, blessed to grope

    If I could morph these bloodied arms
    into armored wings I would carry us up

    Allow us just a bit of space to breathe, see more than the battle field
    Know more than the sound of the fire fight,
        the smell of hope incinerating

    Long Island

Shabdaguchha, an International Bilingual Poetry Journal, edited by Hassanal Abdullah