Put away the guns

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

Put away the guns

Put away the carnage in your heart

Put away the just war

for they are not your shields

but blankets of disease;

fold them in half, then in half, then half again

and give them to me for safe keeping;

I will always return them, should you ask

but when your infections clear

and your fevers leave

and the nightmares stop

and you can breathe

you might find yourself looking forward instead of back;

you might never ask, my child

you might never ask

About Meisaan Chan

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