Here’s a little poem I wrote yesterday. I want as many people as possible to read it:
In a world of competition
People jostle for position
with the pre-ordained condition
that we step on other people
It’s embedded very deeply
It is primitive and tribal
We see everyone as rivals
way back then, it was survival
Now, that instinct’s obsolete
Now, the planet is completely
Blanketed with human beings
who, of course, don’t all agree
So many different ways that we
perceive the world we’re living in
and that is where we must begin
The air we breathe, the atmosphere
the waters that once ran so clear
the rich, black dirt that every year
brings forth new grass, the Sun, the weather
These are things we have together
Yet, the rich own all the land
the very ground on which we stand
and everything is zoned and planned
The one per cent have made things so
and that is just the way things go
They use all the world for profit
only worth what they make off it
and they snicker and they scoff at
those who want to make it better
“You’re just jealous, you’re just bitter
Maybe you should just work harder
Maybe you should just be smarter”
as we struggle, and we barter
as we seek and as we strive
every day of our short lives
But every day the world keeps turning
There are embers that keep burning
There is hope that springs eternal
even in the darkest night
that everything will be all right
We’ll find methods and devices
to create a world that’s nice
a little bit of paradise
with windmills planted everywhere
and trees to cleanse the filthy air
All the homeless will be housed
and all the hungry will be fed
and, instead of endless war
there will be love and peace instead
and, as one, we’ll move ahead
Still, there will be those who try
to douse the flames, to tell us lies
because they know that when we rise
the world will have no further need
for all their pettiness and greed
Still, as long as we remember
we will fan that glowing ember
Till it is a raging flame
that rises high into the night
and leads us with its brilliant light
Rise like lions in defiance!
Rise like phoenixes and giants!
Rise, as one and show the world
that, this time, it’s the people’s turn
Rise, as one, and Feel the Bern
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