To Paris, With Love

A dedication to the people of France. My prayers and heart are with each and everyone of you.

To Paris, With Love 

A Poem by Colton Warr

They came with an attack from the shadows

Cowardly and unjust

Innocent bodies became a new home to their ammo

As viewers around the world looked on in disgust 

What we saw were not just raw images

Chaos and blood 

Our hearts are with you, no matter the distance

Let the response of the world overwhelm like a flood 

But people of France, now hear this

Let the prayers of earth become the smoke above your city

Let our retaliation be known, furiously and gritty

Let the nations of one world stand together as a committee

To the citizens of America, let us not forget 

Our brothers in arms died together not only in the colonies

But in Africa, Spain, Italy and Paree 

Now is the time to set the hounds free 

And to the humans of earth, you must not repent

For our sins are not sins, our vengeance will be just

Like lightning following thunder our enemies will soon be dust

I’m begging for a worldwide effort, I plead, we must 

So to the people of Paris, I urge your hearts

Sing your national anthem loud and gather in your streets 

For I am there with you as we declare that we are far from weak

It is clear, now, that we must all fight for peace  

Reviews

[Ashley Flynn]

What a beautiful and heartfelt message for the people of France. I can tell you really feel an international solidarity.

"But people of France, now hear this
Let the prayers of earth become the smoke above your city
Let our retaliation be known, furiously and gritty"

That part was AWESOME.

"Let the nations of one world stand together as a committee."

And that line falls flat. Because of the word "committee." Committees aren't exciting. No one is like, "The committee is here! We're saved!"

Maybe instead, "As we, one world, stand in solidarity."

I don't know. Just not committee. Also, I would say "furious and gritty" instead of furiously and gritty. They're both adjectives that way.

I also wouldn't spell Paris like "Paree." The French way to say it is the write way to say it, and the French way to spell it is the right way to Spell it.

Overall, I think the verses can be made shorter and more concise and would sound more powerful to the reader that way.

[dan]

Colton, It has often been said that fighting for peace is like f**king for virginity, but the world has put up with enough of this crap. All free nations must band together and extinguish this rampant virus infecting our world. The time to sit back is done; the time to act is NOW. Great piece of writing, Colton! take care...dan

[Colton Warr]

Dan, your thoughts on this could not align with mine anymore than they already do! I have a great fear for the world if it elects to sit back and do nothing about the growing shadow in the middle east. We must not sit back and wait for our own nose to be bloodied, for our own citizens to be attacked, before we act. We must act now. The world must stand up and unite under one coalition to exterminate this evil. Thank you very much for giving this a read and sharing your thoughts!

[Hiroshi Masters]

i am in tears when i heard about the news. it sadden my heart and wonder what evil mind could do this?

[Colton Warr]

I was working when I heard about it. I had to take myself into the bathroom in order to collect myself. I think the shock of the attacks hit everyone. Pure evil is the answer to your question. And the only way that they can be stopped is if the nations of this world untie as one and work to eliminate the common threat we all share. The time is now. Thank you for giving this a read!

[Sari Segale]

Yes , we all have to fight for peace in the world, we are one , one love , one people, thanks so much for
this passionate response to the tragedy in Paris,lets pray for world peace, thanks

[Colton Warr]

I appreciate you sharing your thoughts here. You are exactly right, we are all one. So let us unite as one and work to defeat a common threat. Thanks for giving this a read!

[bhavya]

Nothing can heal the lives lost and nothing can bring back what is lost, but we can change what the time to come, we will.

[Colton Warr]

I agree with you 100 percent. We should mourn and never forget those who lost their life and those who lost loved ones. But we must also work to prevent this from ever happening again. We must all untie to defeat a common enemy. Thank you for giving this a read!

[bhavya]

welcome :)

[Rashi Jain]

We all are With Paris. Everything has to get the way it was before! Wonderfully written.

[Colton Warr]

Thank you for your kind words, Rashi. I agree, the world must return to a peaceful state before all of its nations get dragged into a deeper conflict. Thank you so much for giving this a read!

[nupur chauhan]

i think its on the recent issue... that took in paris... really ur artpiece touched my heart dear ... keep it up ... awesome writting piece dear :)

[Colton Warr]

Thank you very much, my friend! I appreciate the kind words. I'm glad these words could touch you. Thank you for giving this a read!

[nupur chauhan]

urs most welcome dear

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree.
"So to the people of Paris, I urge your hearts
Sing your national anthem loud and gather in your streets
For I am there with you as we declare that we are far from weak
It is clear, now, that we must all fight for peace "
Needed and powerful words my friend.
Coyote

[Colton Warr]

Thank you, Coyote. I'm glad you share in these passionate emotions. Now is the time to stand up as one and unite against the growing shadow. I appreciate you giving this a read and I thank you for your encouraging thoughts!

[Coyote Poetry]

My pleasure to read your words and you are welcome.

[B]

Our hearts go out to Paris
Many tears have fallen in silence
The city of love to have suffered such moments of grief
Leaves me in true ache
for the innocent
and the city of happiness

but not to fret
Justice always prevails
and shuts the coward shout of the killers of life

[Colton Warr]

Beautiful words here, my friend. I could not agree more. What has happened in Paris is truly sad. The people of this world must stand up and unite against the growing threat. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and thank you for reading!

[Weeping willow]

Beautifully said as we must join with them to fight against this evil or it will continue to spread;

[Colton Warr]

I couldn't agree more! Very well spoken. The nations of the earth must unite against this common enemy. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and thank you for reading!

[justdandy]

This spoke to me. This is just great.. Thank you soo much for sharing

[Colton Warr]

I'm glad these words could speak to you. I appreciate your kind thoughts and encouragement. I appreciate you stopping by and giving this a read!