RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS
Contrasts
How can we breathe the fresh clean air
When we know what is happening elsewhere?
In Haiti there is no order
In Nicaragua and Mexico
There is no border
How can we send our children to school
To teach and embrace the golden rule?
When schools in Kiev are underground
When there is no school in Gaza
In Yemen the schools left town
How can we enjoy our fresh cooked meals
When elsewhere there is starvation?
When hungry children go to sleep
There is no grain, there is no meat
When what you sow is what you reap
When rescue workers are killed or beat
How can we live in peace when
Around the world there is only war?
We fight for greed and vengeance
When men in power want only more
When more is never ever enough
When the wealthy consume the poor
How can we go on without care
With killing and hardship everywhere
How can we live our happy lives
When so many live in despair?
When we know we are no better than
When we know it is not fair?
