Sunday Poetry: E

by Austin Ray

E

I'm sick of the corruption

The fighting and wars

I just want some peace for my children who

Will walk along these shores

Why can't we just be?

We can't live happily

Our kids won't soon forget

All the devastation

All those who wept

The shores are littered

For what?

For cash?

We burn, we burn, we burn

Yet people never learn

We are polluting let and right

There is no end in sight

What happened to compassion

Understanding and trust?

What happened to all the good things which

Have been left out to rust?

I cry for my generation

This overly consuming nation

We need to do something

Before we end up with

Nothing

by Austin Ray