Guide The Citizens

Born in the storm

Of mighty wind howling, the baby awakes

The tempest rages while parents rejoice

The room weeps for another

Unwitting form

In our neighborhoods

We know the usual but not another’s

We decorate our yards in comparison

One-upmanship reigns

Others starve

The world’s tyrannies

Shout across the oceans at others blame

We, secure in our righteousness

Change our attention

Another one dies

This planet our home

Cries in pain we cause deliberately

It looks beyond yet lives within

Asks the heavens

Guide the citizens