Submitted Poem: Elijah Marvin S. Guangco

History 3/Uu3

LIKE A PRAYING MANTIS

I have always dreamed of peace and serenity,

Possible only through that seemingly impossible unity.

I have always wanted the sound of silence

But currently disrupted by incidents.

How pleasing it is to see dear brothers talking

With peace that causes them to stop shaking.

How nice it is to sway with the wind,

Wind without the breeze of death with it.

May this thing called peace be mobilized,

May this thing called peace be patronized.

Like a peaceful praying mantis

That sways itself with the spanking of the wind.