Something to think about

the title says it all

Each day as I  abruptly wake

      To the howl of alarm clock's breath

Engulfed by bad news, for goodness sake

      Thankful to be one day closer to death

As you watch a world in chaos

      Captured on the morning news

You have to wonder  about all the loss

      No matter of your views

While you enjoy your java

      Someone is being slain

Like molten is to lava

       History repeats itself again

People live  with tunnel vision

       Content  with  life's  tradition

Accepting of  all derision

        Such a pitiful  human condition

Are  we all victims of circumstance

        Or products of the environment

Do we sit it out or dance

        Or figure out our placement

Sometimes I view my death

       As my divine achievement

A welcoming of my last breath

      With no need of bereavement

Are we as a culture

      So mentally deranged

Like the swarming of the vulture

       Above the carcass  of the estranged

Atop  the highest mountain

       I would emphatically proclaim

Like water from a fountain

       Spilled out with waterfalls of shame

We are all in this together

      So stoic ,yet devout 

So many storms we've left to weather

      And just something to think about...

        

Author's Note

enjoy...would love to hear your feedback

Reviews

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Most of what we see and hear is out of our control. the world evolves at it's own rate.
We have to be content that we give out children a better advantage to make changes.
Yes we are lucky to live where we do. Very few of us can make any impact on the world.
If all we have are the words we write then we must be content in that. Some one, perhaps just one person, will read them and start to think, maybe start a string of events that might make some small change.
Just keep writing.

[Tate Morgan]

The human condition we would all rather not think about i was watching the youtube news on liberia what a hell hole that is we live in a much beter place insulated from most of the worlds carnage i dont thing i would want to know it all