Slap Heard Around the World

 

Is it me or has the world tilted?

Another drama for the richer

While the homeless sleep unsheltered

Innocent children go unnurtured

Sick and the dying loosing battles

Countries fighting for survival

Everyone weighing in on trivial matters

What about the world that’s in tatters?

Are we just drifting and not caring about what shatters?

Is there going to be a tomorrow after

For our future generations that follows

Its madness how our views are so easily shifted

A man stands up to defend the honor of his queen

So quickly is he seen as the villain

Now the world is held captivated

While I’m hoping we’ll wake up

Put the focus on where it belongs and it’s not

The slap heard around the world

 

 

The World Goes Round & Round

Past a man sitting on a corner

He was assessing the damage

To one foot

As people passed by

Making their way to different

Destinations, some looked

At him others went on about

Their business

I wondered what was going

Through his mind

No one knew his situation

Judgment is saved for a higher power

He continued to caress his ailing foot

All the while keeping his head down

All I could think of

The world goes round and round

The richer become wealthier and the poor

Are just after thoughts…

  

November

Changing colors

Leaves fallen to the ground

Sound of wind so smooth

Coldness seeps within

Eyes beholding the beauty

The sky unabashed in maturity

Frozen tear drops

Blanket of white covers naked earth

Smoke bellow from a lonely chimney stack

Inside fire roars in the hearth

Warm and contented some are

The rest look for and not get

Delicious aromas fill the air

Hungry bellies growl in the distance

Wishing for a place to call home

Night falls

Another November day has come to an end