Syria: When Eddie Prayed

So Eddie prayed

and today the Russians

become 

(very tentative)

allies of thought

with the likes of 

John Kerry and

Hilary Clinton

and 

(perhaps)

Assad himself

seems there might just

be an alternative –

a peace way –

of coming to resolution

and all can claim victory

even the US can claim

(as Mrs. C already has)

that it was the very threat

of force that brought

about the possibility

of peaceful resolution

so you say, Hilary

and for this day

that’s good enough

but not really – for

the warp and woof of

cause and effect are

not so clear as even one

single thread in a

tapestry of events

it will do for today

this claim of victory

if it gets us there

it'll do

oh, 

but how do you know

it was not the threat

of force

but Eddie’s prayers in 

the night?