If I could hold my tongue, <br /> Stop angry words from being flung, <br /> Sharp insults from spewing out, <br /> If I could go the gentler route, <br /> Be compassionate, say a kind word, <br /> Hate for a few seconds would die, <br /> A moment of hushed peace would lie, <br /> Golden and pure over this troubled world.<br /><br />Dorothy Dykhuizen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-wishful-thought/
