AS THE WORLD TURNS

Break down in trust
The world around
Dictators oppressive
Liberty smothered
Or vanquished as
Human and natural
Disasters encroach
Time after time
On what we thought
Could have been
An enduring, peaceful
World of joy
 
The need for power
Brings the annexation
Of human rights
And slowly evolves
Into equal misery
Because growth progress
Cannot be sustained
When freedom is crushed
This has been proven
Time after time and
We never learn, because
Power is so enticing
 
We prefer war to peace
And the spoils can
Never be sorted so
The process begins again
We cringe with the knowledge
Harbor resentment at
The leaders of the world,
Both civilian and religious
 
We sit in wonder
Look at the sky
See “shooting stars”
Know that a sun flare
Could destroy us all
But this night the
Moon rises above
The horizon of a
Calm blue lake
And the beauty is
Overwhelming as the
Colors change with the
Setting sun and finally
It is just the moon
And it’s long reflection on
The water’s surface
 
In a while, a short,
Brief period,
It will be gone
As will we all
There will be
No going back
To do it again
To try making it right
Our time is now
And fools that we are
Will do nothing
 
Stanski
July 6, 2020 ^