Jasmine Shipp Poems

Let Peace rain upon the children, the loved, the laughing, the crying.
Let Peace cover the sorrowed, the lost, the brave, the dying.

Let Peace move the hated, the men, the runners, the fighters.
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Born in the Land of Ashes with clouds that lie.
Telling lies of beauty while others know the truth.
Born in the Land of Ashes with a rose on his shoulder.
Where did this red rose come from that seeps through skin into his still beating heart?
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To convince the wise of her good deeds is nothing but true,
And like a plague she manages her task.
But not due to myself or my fellow friends, there is but one she aims to control.
With a laugh I was once so fond of that now begs tears to be shown,
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