In the Time It Takes

In the time it takes scrawl these lines… Many new poems will be written Many lovers will be smitten Many a heart will be broken Many a first word will be spoken In the time it takes to compose this poem… Many tragedies will occur on earth Many bawling babies will be birthed Many creatures will become extinct Many a human will be linked In the time it takes to write some muse… Many a celebrations will take place Many stars will collide in space Many discoveries will come to light Many a soldier will stand and fight In the time it takes to form some prose… Many a loss will be deeply felt Many a hardship will be sorely dealt Many a soul will be sweetly charmed Many a victim will be grievously harmed In the time it takes to scribe this rhyme… Many innocents will be raped or abused Many psyches will be battered and bruised Many minds will become afflicted Many youths will become addicted In the time it takes to write some verse… Many a life will have reached the end Many a person will have lost a friend Many hopes and dreams will be destroyed Many troops will have been deployed In the time it takes to read these words… Many lives will be saved or healed Many truths or lies will be revealed Many starving children will surely die And so many people won’t hear them cry