RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS
The Long Road
When the needs of now are pressing
The needs of tomorrow cease
Like coins in a piggy bank
For payments on a lease
We cannot see the horizon
For the haze within our eyes
For the fear rising within our hearts
For the poison in our skies
The karmic debt is mounting
While we poor souls are still
Counting and recounting
Coins to pay the bill
We are stranded by the roadside
In a far off lonely place
On a road that leads to nowhere
Staring blankly into space
The way ahead is long and hard
We know it in our bones
But the only choice we have is
To go together or alone
For mother earth will take her toll
She will not be ignored
All living things are equal
All people rich and poor
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