IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

I dream the seemingly impossible
that war shall be no more
while war wages on

I dream with diminishing hope
that nations shall no more
produce weaponry of war

I dream of a hopeful possible time
when no nation shall violate
even one life of any citizen

I dream of such a future as when
compassion shall rule over greed
when the least shall be no less
than the greatest of these

I dream admittedly it must seem
the most impossible dream
when religion is separate
from each governed state