On Children and Peace
On Children and Peace David Angel A softie, I admit it I mostly fake bravado A poem which truly moves me A message in a bottle I think its in the public Domain where I can share it Without getting a letter From some piranha lawyer His poetry is stately Ya read The Prophet lately? Written back when Beirut was Called the Paris of the East "No tears in the writer is No tears in the reader," said Another worthy writer Not Bob, they called him Robert The world’s beauty near and far Pray for children everywhere May no snake of war slither Make poets wince or wither Copyright ©️ 2026, David Angel, All Rights Reserved PoetNote - Before children of my "own," Adored his book of poems Fables philosophical Find a copy if you're able Get through it without tears? If so, to you three cheers! You're a better man than me Or at least a tougher cookie! On Children Kahlil Gibran 1883 – 1931 And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable. - poets. org Hat tip - "No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader." - Robert Frost On Children - Prose poem from The Prophet, Kalil Gibran (1923) Inspiration - Before You Had a Name, John Rinaldo @jrinaldo



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