I awake to a sad world
fast losing hope
Jobs going everywhere
as people struggle to cope
Food prices soar
out-pricing those on the breadline
As they eat scraps
and the rich eat very fine
Wars increase all over
and the far right rise once again
As politicians turn their backs
in the shadows they do blend
Madmen in America
shoot the innocent with fish eyes
As a president says words
of anger, hopefully not lies
Sadness everywhere you look
and many losing faith
In our governments and religion
it’s us they always betray
It can only go one way
and I hope it doesn’t in my lifetime
For a world war could be coming
humanities worst crime
Pray that someone does right
and this doesn’t come to pass
Or we’re all doomed
just look at the echoes of the past
Posted in: Poetry
Posted on Dec 17, 2012
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