i will return... <br />when the wars have ended. <br />when the hungry have been fed, <br />and no one is left homeless. <br />when the tears of man, <br />are but tears of joy. <br />when every word spoken, <br />be a bridge, a lantern, a hand! <br />when the seeds i have planted <br />are ready for harvest. <br />and the smallest twig <br />becomes the tree that gives shade. <br />when the fire is restored <br />from an old man's ashes. <br />and time begins again <br />with a man and a woman... <br />when all that lives <br />is spoken into existence... <br />when you let down your hair, <br />and open the door... <br /> <br />i will return!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-will-return-3/
