A TEACHERble Moment

A heavy weight 
Resides within my chest, 
Worrying about the future 
And what lies next.  
The world’s great cracks 
Stretch deeper each day  
Accompanied by chaos,
Loss,
And disarray.  
Leaders are arrogant 
And parade with pride,
With actions and words 
Widening the divide. 
Families are shattered 
With trust betrayed
While a child’s innocence 
Is lost and frayed. 
Guns replace dialogue,
Violence reigns,
Trauma scarring the body 
Through spiritual pain.  
Mental health neglected 
And ignored 
By society refusing to repair its cord.  
Medicine out of reach 
For the weak,  
Injustice thrives 
On the silence we keep.  
Neighbors turn from those in need,  
Compassion is traded 
For greed.  
Wars, 
Weapons, 
Destruction by the fire,  
Leaving ruins, 
Death, 
And funeral pyres.  
Countries clash 
In savage thirst for power,  
While humanity drowns 
By the darkening hours.  
Amidst the darkness
I cannot ignore,
Just what the future may have in store.

Yet still I hope
And still I plea,
For change, 
For peace, 
For what can be.