If I Could Give the World a Gift

If I could Give the World a Gift

j. milici copyright march 2011

If I could give the world a gift

it would be LOVE

I would wrap it in the stars of heaven

and tie it with the bond of brotherhood.

If I could give the world a gift

it would be PEACE

I would hold it in my nested palms

softly like a white dove for all to see.

If I could give the world a gift

it would be JOY

I would place it gently on the happy wind

to float into the hearts of every living soul.

If I could give the world a gift

It would be A SONG

I would sing with power like an angel

A melody of harmony and truth.

If I could give the world a gift

it would be FRIENDSHIP

We would embrace each other

As brothers – as sisters – as family.

If I could give the world a gift

it would be FAITH

I would say a prayer with you

and He would come and sit with us.

If I could give the world a gift

it would be TOMORROW

on the wings of a glorious dawn

with golden sunshine and rest from pain.

If I could give the world a gift

it would be A NEW DAY

We would all wear radiant white

And dance together amid the clouds

And there would be PEACE

And there would be LOVE

And the earth would shine like a diamond

And wouldn't that be so wonderful!

If I could give the world these gifts!

And you and I could rejoice together!

For once and forever!

When Will There Be Freedom

When Will There Be Peace

*copyright 3/2011 j. milici, all rights reserved

When will there be freedom

When will there be peace

When will there be showing

the love each human seeks?

I know one day there will freedom

I know one day there will be peace

He holds the world in open palms

Waits and wants to heal us.

My heart is bleeding, bleeding,

I am pleading tearfully pleading

Might that day dawn to stop the parade

of dead in coffins silent passing while

the world weeps and mourns?

There is no peace when there is war

There is no love where hate is heartless

There can't be joy amid the blood of babies

Or from a suffering mothers wails

unnoticed in the silence.

I know one day there will freedom

I know one day there will peace

He holds the world in his open palms

Waiting to heal us.

There's no rest for the weary traveler

who sees the blood of bomb blasts

soak white sheets red in the slaughter

that drowns out all our laughter with
the sound of deathly silence.

I cannot see the sunrise

or know of others sorrows

or hear the cries of widows

screaming pity in my ears!

I can't sleep tonight and

I can't keep silent vigil

I can't awake to hear fright

death's numbers on airwaves

or murdered soldier tolls

the wails of orphaned babies

or feel a mothers emptiness

inside her aching soul!

When will it be finished?

When will the world find Peace?

How will we find each other

In a place where only hatred keeps

the angry hearts alive to die

while history speaks in lies?

I know one day there will be freedom

I know one day there will be peace

He holds the world in his open palm

Waiting and wanting to heal us.

Will we let Him?

Will we let Him heal us?

Another War, Another Tsunami, Another Earthquake, Another Bombing

I don't even know how to begin writing again.  Since last I wrote, Australia was hit with an awful earthquake, thousands dead; then, Japan hit with the worst quake in history and a tsunami that killed over 10,000 and they still counting.  In addition, worries about the nuclear reactor and damages that are cause leaks of radiation.

This past week I sat before my tv and witnessed something I never dreamed of.  I actually watched as the President said "We have entered into a third war".!! Nearly fell of my chair!! Can't believe he has done this, his is the most evil president this country has every known!!

We are still in Iraq and Afghanistan, now we are also in Libya.  Every day more soldiers die, more innocent by standers die.  Nothing seems to be ending, just esculating.

On Tuesday, my friend in Gaza lost 3 members of his family from the bombing there.  The children were 11 and 16 and there was 8 more deaths. How my heart aches for that family.   The bombing was in retaliation of the murder of a family that was stabbed to death in Israel; mother, father and infant brutally stabbed one night.  Also, the Palestinian are sending suicide bombers and this week blew up a bus killing a British women and wounding many many more!

Is this not the Last Days? How could one doubt! There are wars and rumors of wars, famines, earthquakes, and tsunamis.  Everywhere there is suffering, and the worst is the suffering of the children, the world's children!

I feel at a loss, unable to even express the sorrow I feel.   This month however, I did send a huge box of clothing to Afghanistan for the children there.  I sent money for school supplies.  But it is so little, and I wish I could do so much more.  My prayers everyday are for peace, to end the suffering, but I knowing my heart until the Savior comes again there will be no peace at all. It's a sad day. It is a very sad day. Maybe tomorrow will be brighter, maybe.

If I Had Wings and Could Fly

(copyright) march 2011, j. milici

this is a song I wrote for a friend of mine
to put to music.


If I had Wings and Could Fly 

My lost love-

need you so much

need you like air to breath

need your warm touch

need your whispers of love

need the smell of your hair

need you to heal my heart

my heart you broke

like a porcelain doll

slammed on cement

shattered in a million

splinters.

If I had wings

If I could fly

I'd fly to the moon

through midnight sky

to search for you.

I'd fly to find you.

Are you somewhere

out in the dark

lye'n in the dark alone?

lye'n on the ground

as cold as stone?

I'd fly to you now

If I only knew how

I 'd follow the star

to where you are.

You left one night

left me alone

left me afraid

afraid in the dark

Now I can't stop

by bleed'n heart

from wantn' you again

to heal my tortured soul

to set my spirit free

to release me

out of this place

out of this prison

out of hell.

If I had wings

If I could fly

I'd fly to the moon

through midnight sky

to search for you.

I'd fly to find you.

The blade of your knife

cut to my bones

cut through my flesh

cut out my heart

then cut it apart and

left blood on the floor

when you walked out

when you walked like

a statue of ice

out the door.

If I had wings

If I could fly

I'd fly to the moon

through midnight sky

to search for you.

I'd fly to find you.

I think of you

pray to heaven

and cry

wonder'n why

why'd you leave

why'd you go

I loved you so

didn't you know?

Didn't you know

I loved you so?

j. milici 3/16/2011 copyright, all rights reserved

The Falling Ferris-wheel

Hey Friend:

Did you see the price of gas

the cost of food?

Notice how Life's going down

falling fast

This Way to live can't last

Think the end is coming soon

Riding on a red balloon.

Don't know where its gonna stop

Can't hang on to falling down

Ferris-wheel going round

round and round

hits the ground?

Member when I was a kid

Spider man and Robin Hood

Mr. Rogers on TV and

the street called Sesame

dusk till dawn

out on the lawn

Hopscotch,

basketball;

jumping rope

lived with hope.

laughing hard

out loud.

Gangs now members

of the hood

guns, drugs, endless wars

kids do things

we never did before.

living on the LA street

HIV and tainted Meat

earthquakes and hurricanes

flooding from the awful rain.

Don't know where its gonna end

Can I hang on when this

ferris-wheel's going round

and round and round

hits the ground?

Some say now that

God is dead,

over there lose your head

Pirates on the open seas

Revolutions everywhere

people live in fear of these

while some decide on

suicide.

Don't know how its gonna end

Try to hold on to the end

Stop the falling ferris-wheel

to survive and stay alive

Stop the falling ferris-wheel

to survive and stay alive.

Jeri milici mork

February 28, 2011

copyright 2/2011 j. milici

Afghan School for Girls

http://www.flickr.com/photos/isafmedia/5488910566/in/set-72157626048245309/

note: article added because I was touched by this story written about the Girls school in Afghanistan. sorry, I should have added the authors name, should be on the link though. j

New building for Sir Asyab Girls High School to benefit 3500 students

KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 27, 2011) -- A ceremony commemoriating the opening of the new Sir Asyab Girls High School building occured Saturday attended by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Timothy McHale, deputy commander-Support, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan; Afghanistan Minister Ghulam Farooq Wardak, Minster of Education; Colonel Sediqullah Saberi, commander, Darulaman Garrison; Toran Ishaq, village elder; students and their families and school officials.