Thank you lord for everything
the misunderstandings & the broken dreams
The clothes that were worse for wear
The smiles that you made possible to share
The money that we didn't have
The love that we couldn't grab
For all the hardships and all the mistakes
everything through which we had to pave

Thank you lord for all the tears
The menacing threats and all the fears
The ending of all the things on which we rely
The acceptance of all that which we deny

Thank you lord for everything
every drop we couldnt drink
Every bite we could not eat
Every rumble in the stomach that would not let us sleep

Thank you lord for all the pain
All the grieving
All the disdain

Thank you lord for all of these
because every love we could not have
every battle we could not win
Was handed to another, to fulfill their happiness at their every whim
Thank you lord for not giving us, so you could give to another.

Thank you lord for everything.
The food you gave us
and the water we were destined to drink

For all that you give us, is our everything.

Like an angel in my dreams
You come and sweep me off my feet
Whisper sweet nothings in my ear
Don’t you leave my side, don’t you dare

Your laughter sounds oh so profound
Like words ringing; a wisdomous sound
The way your eyes close when you sigh
I could just fall back and stare at you through the
sky

Your smile; it brightens up any day
Your presence, it lingers just a few feet away
When you hold my hand
The world feels right again

Your kisses help me stand
Through all this worldly pain
And I can just see us hugging,

in middle of the rain

You make my heart smile, even when you're not there
And it brightens when it sees you coming near
I could just climb the skies and kiss you
Stand up tall and scream to the world I love you
Running beside you despite the despair
Falling into the sky with you beside me, without
a care

Like an angel in my dreams
You come and sweep me off my feet
Whisper sweet nothings in my ear
Don’t you leave my side, don’t you dare

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I am horrible at writing happy poems, so when this came out I was pleasantly surprised.

We made a call for peace today
and this is how it goes

oh God, save the Earth
from where the water flows
Astonishing how hate sprouts
So easily, pushing peace out
Gunpowder tightens the air
Please, they say, war is but a political affair

From land to land
red rain showers over the sea
sleeping beneath the purple sky
mother Earth weeps to be free

And yet you still pick up your sword
to hack away
at those, to whom you used to say "Good Day"

Scorched into memory
Remnants of children
sinking into the ground
vultures hovering over their missing limbs

I close my eyes over paper and pen
wondering about this slaughter of men
Ink is like bullets, and stains like blood
hatred fills us like an undying flood
The Earth thunders as war is begun anew
In the purple haze of the morning hue

Oh God save the Earth
From where the waters grieve
We made a call for peace today
Please, tell your soldiers to leave

They say blood is thicker than water

But sometimes blood is what does you wrong

The mother has been killed, slaughtered

Blood on the hands of her newborn.

Blood has the strongest ties

But blood is what'll make you cry

You expect to be saved

But by bloods hands your body is paved

Turned into a slave; they steal the clothes off your back

I'm at the end of the rope stretched so thin

Too tired to know what's happenin'

Where's blood when you need a hand?

Where's blood when you can't stand?

She's standing behind you waiting for you to fall asleep

So she can stab you; steal you money to feed her greed.

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"Blood is thicker than water but it leaves worse stains" -anonymous.