In Hope For 2009

May the road be free for the journey
May it lead where it promised it would
May the stars that gave ancient baring
Be seen, still understood
May every aircraft fly safely
May every traveller be found
May the sailors crossing the ocean
Not hear the cries of the drowned
May gardens be wild like jungles
May nature never be tamed
May danger create of us heros
May fears always have names
May the mountains stand to remind us
Of what it means to be young
May we be outlived by our daughters
May we be outlived by our sons
May the bombs rust away in the bunkers
And the doomsday clock not be rewound
May the solitary scientists working
Remember the holes in the ground
May the knife remain in the holder
May the bullet stay in the gun
May those who live in the shadows
Be seen by those in the sun…

- John Marsden