A moment,
in the vast, deep ocean.

A beacon,
in the sky of stars.

Voices calling,
along the strands of wind.

Whispers carried from soul to soul.

A thought,
brought forth into a dream.

A caress,
held within a nation’s heart.

Red blood,
spilled upon the fallow earth.

Cries wailed from shore to shore.

Copyright 2007 A. F. Stewart

from the book Tears of Poetry