The world is crying

I found this poem in a old book. It is 30 years old.

             The world is crying

The world is crying.
Like a forgotten child.

Crying for all the sadness surrounding
every soul on this planet.

My world seem to have forgotten the
dream of peace.

Where all nations can live in harmony.

Where upon all human beings could  learn to cherish
all living life.

But the goal of peace are forgotten.
Men of war control the emotion of the world.

World War two is fading away.
World is falling back to fear and hate.
Talk of peace is gone.
Only threats of war and destruction can be heard.

The day is here.
 Where we are over taken by fear  and ghost.
Now we must turn to tears.

Tears for the child and mother whom home was destroyed
in the way of war.

Tears for the Mother and Father waiting for their child covered
in a USA flag to be brought  home.

Starvation and sickness is running wild and millions are dying daily.

Where are the men of peace?

Can we stop the walk to our destined death?


                              Coyote
                            7 April 1980

Author's Note

Added one line. Very old poem. A Liberal Coyote who believed world could be saved. Today I hope 30 years later. Can we stop the madness? I pray we can.
Coyote

Reviews

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Coyote Poetry,
"The world is crying"
It is heavy that something real when you originally wrote is still a reality now. War is such a part of humanity.
Meaningful line regarding the fear in war; "fear and ghost." Those taken and to be I suppose.....
This was kind of hard to read. but "Where are the men of peace"" Where indeed?

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Kathy. Little change after 37 years. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Mauricio Montoya]

wow! great piece, so much truth and wisdom. The world gone wild but there's still hope. thank you for sharing.

[Coyote Poetry]

I hope my friend. Thank you Mauricio for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[lei]

Is there an end to war? It is heartbreaking when children suffers .... This is a moving piece...

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree. The poor and cities paid for the hate of the few.

[Valentine]

A very deep write from long ago that seems to be written for todays world, It is sad that greed and the desire for power drive man to kill and destroy. I liked this poem. Kathie

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Katie. Funny how everything stayed the same or worst.

[Jamestown]

Great piece of work! I agree fully with your words, and the title is perfect. This world
is in a lot of trouble, but this is the fallen world we live in unfortunately, thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[Coyote Poetry]

I wrote 37 years ago and today we are in deeper trouble. Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Raja Anjana Kothapalli]

Excellent! I enjoyed reading it! Beautiful and fitting metaphor... world is crying like a forgotten child...

Thanks for sharing this wonderful poem!

-Anjana

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Anjana for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Lyn Anderson]

I see very clearly in this poem the connection between our thoughts on the world. Man, it's getting crowded inside my head since I came to this place two weeks ago.

[Coyote Poetry]

We are always learning. If we are lucky. We will have a open mind and tried to make our world a better place.Thank you for reading and the comment.

[Michael G.]

What a world it would be, if we could find a way to peace.
It doesn't matter when this was written. It could well fit a hundred years ago... and twenty minutes from now.
A timeless piece of good, wishful thought in poetry.

[joshua deathdealer]

I pray as well for the condition of peoples souls. That is the answer. Excellent work as always Coyote.

[Becky C Strukamp]

Such a beautiful and heart felt poem honoring those who have served our country. Excellent!!

[charlotte talley]

this is so true my bro.you have found a masterpiece, glad you shared it with me. I always like your writings. we need more love in the world today. but some of us are to selfish for our own good.