I walked the streets
The streets of ancient Palestine
A stream of stories and dreams
In my hands I found a plea
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I love this poem, a plea for love rather than hate and war and desolation. in my hands i found a dream - very nice. I also like the last two lines. You write from the heart, with feeling. Someday Jerusalem will indeed be what it's name means - the City of Peace, when the Prince of Peace himself returns from Heaven. It's in Zechariah 12 - 14. God has told me to stay away from religion but to read the Bible every day - to feed my spirit. And to read Emily Dickinson's poetry. Anyway, that's his message to me. He guides each of us in our own paths. May yours be fulfilling and interesting and full of good to all. Here's one of my favorite poems by American poet Emily Dickinson: It’s all I have to bring today - This, and my heart beside - This, and my heart, and all the fields - And all the meadows wide - Be sure you count - should I forget Some one the sum could tell - This, and my heart, and all the Bees Which in the Clover dwell.
Harlan is right -'if you build it he shall come' 'in my hands i found a dream' let's nurse this dream and save it from scourge of hatred hugs-rehan