A Change I Would Like To See
A complex world we've made this earth;
our times more difficult today,
because our globe has surely shrunk
with messaging seconds away.
In olden days, it took a week
to see newsreels on movie screens.
Today, disaster comes to us
now streaming live by high-tech means.
So easy now to plan bad deeds,
recruit for vicious terror acts,
with 'social media' on 'Net,
attacks planned well with instant facts.
Free speech and privacy are rights,
but we must stop this insane source
that opens highways to attack
with real-time gatherings of force.
Much training for those terrorists
is done through Internet pathways.
To close this doorway, if we could,
might thwart the spread of evil ways.
Sandra M. Haight
~1st Place~
Contest: If I Could Change The World
Sponsor: Becca Teagan
Theme Chosen: *What changes would you like to see?
Judged: 07/30/2016
Sponsor Notes: Syria...the attack in Nice...Isis...what is happening in our world lately?
Meanwhile, people fight and bicker and bully...where is compassion? What are YOU
doing to make the world a better place? *What changes would you like to see?
Copyright © Sandra Haight | Year Posted 2016
Post Comments
Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.
Please
Login
to post a comment