ENTREATY

ENTREATY
7/3/2026   
 

Listen to me
Me, the dreamer of peace
Tell them about me
To your clan, to your friends
Tell them about this hopeful dreamer.    
 

Tell them to listen
Listen to my desires
They’re not delusions
Nor are they nightmarish fantasies
Tell them of my hopes and
Yes, that I am afraid
Afraid of failure.   
 

It may not be much
Optimism of an old man
But that’s all I have and
I’ll shout it to all who’ll hear, or not
It’s my dream, my desire, my hope
If I cry, if I laugh, if I live, or if I die
My dream will not change, not vanish
Will not be drowned by other voices.    
 

For a world without peace cannot exist
Nor can I live so; I don’t know how
I want us all to be loved
By us, by them, by our elders and our children
Only then can we smile at life
At ourselves and each other
So, if I am furious and shouting
Listen to me and my words
There is only one world
It’s yours, it’s mine, it’s ours
It needs harmony, it needs peace,
Only then will it be loved by all.     

                                                                                                                             Reza Ghadimi