Kevin Cummings Poet Verse

Listen To Your Heart

When you gonna wake up from - the nightmare we’re living in
You know the one I’m speaking of, it’s the one with the bitter end
You know you gotta lift your voice, raise it up loud and clear
You gotta make enough noise - that they cant help but hear

When you gonna step out from - the line you’re waiting in?
Their speeches have you feeling numb, they make excuses for their sins
What will you tell the children, when they’re tired, hungry and poor?
We’re not supposed to kill them, with our pollution, greed and war

Things won’t ever change
Unless we demand it
How did we let it get this way?
I don’t understand it
It’s not supposed to be this hard, to do what we know is smart 
We’ve failed with argument and logic, it’s time to listen to your heart

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Paulette Calasibetta November 6, 2021 at 8:44 AM Hi Kevin, Like my poem "America, Where Are You Going" you express the ugly truth of what is happening in the free world....a world that if we don't come forward will be lost forever. Blessings, Paulette Kevin Cummings February 18, 2022 at 9:49 AM We seem to have a kindred view. Thank you for your beautiful and powerful work, and the supporting comment.

W. Blaine Wheeler March 17, 2021 at 1:57 PM You express very well the often tedious moments of life even though theyn are necessary Kevin Cummings March 17, 2021 at 8:32 PM Thank you, those moments are familiar to all - we are separated by how we react

Ms Affection March 17, 2021 at 1:04 PM I LOVE your writing style. This poem was so ON Kevin Cummings March 17, 2021 at 8:36 PM Thank you, to touch hearts of others is why we do this.

Richard Lamoureux March 17, 2021 at 11:10 AM In a word GREED. Well expressed and the right question. I think the young will attempt to solve the problem (Unless of course their own greed kicks in.) Kevin Cummings March 17, 2021 at 8:37 PM Very kind of you to take time to share back. It means a lot

Constance La France February 22, 2021 at 3:36 PM Kevin, I enjoyed reading your poem, I feel the same, we each must do our part, so many great lines in your poem, like these "What will you tell the children, when they’re tired, hungry and poor? We’re not supposed to kill them, with our pollution, greed and war." _Constance Kevin Cummings March 17, 2021 at 8:42 PM Constance, you returned the exact phrase that I feel is most powerful in this poem. Thank you for the comment.