Up and down the street I know,
Now that there are Grief and War,
All day long the people go
As they went before;
But when now the lads go by-
Careless look and careless glance-
My heart wonders- “Which shall lie
Still next year in France?”
When the girls go fluttering-
Flushing cheek and tossing head-
My heart asks- “Next year shall bring
Which a lover dead?”
Lord, let peace be kind and fleet-
Put an end to Grief and War;
Let them walk the little street
Careless as before!
(Margaret Widdemer)
More Poetry from Margaret Widdemer:
Margaret Widdemer Poems based on Topics: Love, War & Peace, People- Songs From A Masque (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
- Old Books (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
- A Ballad of the Wise Men (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
- When I Was A Young Girl (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
- Women (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
- Once When We Bought Valentines (Margaret Widdemer Poems)