Chaos

The children cry for the lack
Of food, shelter, and medicine,
And the sky weeps great tears,
And the ground splits open.
The oceans foam and roar,
And the trees splinter and crack
While lawmakers slash funding
For the least of these, the poor.
Jesus said, “Suffer the little
Children to come unto me”,
But the powerful avert their eyes.
We storm the citadels of the 
Mighty, and they hear us not.
Their hearts are as stone.
They stop up their ears.
They use false logic and lies
To excuse their selfish actions
While the earth shudders and breaks,
While families go hungry
Or have no heat, or suffer
From ills that could be cured.
Health care for all is anathema.
“Food stamps make people lazy,”
They say, ignoring the reality,
Economics,  and the truth.
The whole universe cries out,
Where is the caring, the kindness,
The love for fellow humans?
Christians? I think not.
Religious in any way? I think not.
Selfish? Biased? Closed minded? 
Certainly all of the above.
They sit on their mountaintops
And watch the chaos below
While God’s children weep.

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L Milton Hankins

Date: 7/23/2021 1:31:00 PM

You are soooo on-target here, Barbara. I was thinking about this when Bezos spent billions on his 11 minutes in space and the people of Flint, Michigan desperately need a new water system, which he could have done for them at a quarter (or less) of the cost. Ugh!

Barbara Peckham
Date: 7/23/2021 8:07:00 PM

So many instances of the selfishness of humankind to others. The last government proved that, and unfortunately we are not rid of that mindset in Congress.