Changing the World

If you had a choice to change the world
Do you know where you would start?
Could you do enough to make a difference
Without everything falling apart?
The environment, global warming and rising crime rates
These issues would be on my list
Terrorism, poverty and cures for disease
They'd be first I would insist
Our children are our future
But what future will there be
The next generation needs to have hope
World change now is up to you and me
Things can't be left how they are now
The populations' slowly being destroyed
Either killing one another or dying of ill health
Both of which we could avoid
But in order to continue our existence on earth
Our planet we must now nurture
Without people and place to live
Our world will have no future

10 April 2016
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Lamoureux Avatar
May 7, 2016 at 6:39 PM
Definately worth contemplation. Congrats on your win.
Kimathi Avatar
May 6, 2016 at 6:44 AM
Your piece is thought-provoking and fodd for thought. Congrats for your top placement in the contest!! ;-)
A. Sharma Avatar
May 6, 2016 at 3:41 AM
Congrats on ur great win Susan ... wonderful pen!
A  Avatar
May 6, 2016 at 2:01 AM
Well done Susan...skat
Haight Avatar
May 5, 2016 at 7:02 PM
Beautifully written, Susan. Congratulations on your nice placement in the contest. Hugs, Sandra
Turner Avatar
April 11, 2016 at 6:10 PM
Great write for contest, Susan. There are way too many problems to even consider. One just has to do something, anything. Peace my friend:)
Hamilton Avatar
April 11, 2016 at 1:45 PM
Nice message Susan, well written, if left only to humans there would be no future, you may like my poem extinction, has a similar message.
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