Written by C L Couch
The wars
I cannot stand them
I want them to be over
The one who started it
Run down
The way my dog
Ran the cat who started
All the mischief
At the time
Into a corner
I am so distant
From the action
The diseases
I want them over
Too
Not simply morph
Into a lifestyle of vaccines
Though I am grateful for
Having them
And those who deliver them
But more
Regardless
Than
Tucking in our world
To live with SARS
H1N1
COVID-19
And all the variants
Mutations
Rising
And how about volcanoes
Or maybe we live far
Away
By choice
To appreciate the new land
These create
And there are quakes
Might we re-sort ourselves
And fires
That seem chaotic
When they start
Are noticed
And them become
Manifest
There are creatures
With venom
I don’t’ know
What to do with these
Research them
Find the cures
In antitoxins
Though there is
Distance as well
To consider
Sigh
Maybe too much
In a world
Fallen as
Reformers say
And all kinds of others
Not to encourage
Armageddon
For apocalypse
Since
Well
That’s rather stupid
And sinful
And though grace abound
Forgiveness might require a line
On Earth
Depending on
The nihilating evil
Proposed and
Executed
So now I’m thinking
Maybe it’s deserved
Not on the moral
But the human
And the wrong person
Needlessly listening
To blame
The one who’s good
And takes to heart
Takes on oneself
Burdens that are not due
But the selection
Who
Often think
That must be me
What have I done
Or who am I
Such a sinner to misfortune
Me
No
It is not yours
To claim the evil
In the world
And as for fallenness
Everyone
And everything
It seems
Needs redemption
And if you’re good
You’re far along in that
The people who don’t hear
Anything redemptive
Are the ones
Who need
Revival
Into better thoughts
Healthier feelings
Understanding that the world’s style
Is indifferent
And we with wills
Must make the better
Difference
The world is what it is
As we say
As we’ve said for ages
Not as an excuse
Maybe a conversational
Observation
The human part
At least
Should be better
(we have will)
We who need to change
(not those who grow
but do not need to change
so much
c.f. the above)
Should listen
And should do it
Change for the better
And let increments
Become the way
An erstwhile world
On the move
At least it’s moving
Moving is energy
And might discover
Might build up
Something good
And lasting
If it’s good
What’s good
Why
Without dissembling
Exercising to the negative
For exercise
(though there are better
things
we might do for that)
I should think
We’d know
By now
If not
Let’s get together
To explore
Report
And recommend
To the congress of the world
That is anyone
To hear
And maybe change
You know
By good
For good
Text © C L Couch
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