As another explosion shook Baghdad a plea cried out
from the rescue workers there .
It fell on an international journalist
who held his camera up in the air.
Then its lens moved along the streets
where people waited and prayed hard in the rain .
The breath of life rested a while ,
then made it's way to those who's trust was hard to gain .
Looting had started in Baghdad and blame hide from their faces
for all the world to see .
People leapt up into the air
and hope flew all the way back to the powers that be .
All of these people for a moment held their freedom ,
and it was the first for a while .
Journalists lit candles ,
Soldiers kept a tight upper lip,
and someone saved a smile ,
As statue’s fell to the ground
The people of Iraq frantically waved a palm branch .
Someone from the crowd in a soft breath whispered these words ,
"At last Iraq has chance "