Reversal

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness’- Isaiah, 5: 20

Topsy turvy is the world, we live in.
Man claims to be advanced and civilized,
But now he has more of animal instincts
With all human qualities paralyzed.

Seeds of goodness our ancestors sowed,
Have fallen on rocks and in arid soil.
Cracks are deep, our moral structure weak.
Race after wealth and fame sadly recoil

Wars and bloodshed are too frequent,
Scattering the pristine peace and calm.
The bedrock of values we once held,
Has disintegrated raising alarm.

We watch the crumbling of values nonchalant.
Have begun to take everything light.
While the soil is slipping from under our feet,
Without the least resistance, we yield to might.

Fact and fiction morph into each other.
Evil has become good and good- evil.
Woe to men who turn their back on goodness.
Sad, we have mortgaged our lives to the devil.

We should reverently turn to our Creator
Respect nature and everything created. 
Prevent the quiet erosion of our values,
And blow new air into the tiers of life deflated.

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Karen Jones

April 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM

Congratulations on your poems honorable mention it is indeed a truthful poem.

Sara Kendrick

February 23, 2026 at 6:38 AM

At one time, Valsa, here in America many of our schools were operated by the churches in each community and the textbooks' stories were based on stories with a moral lesson. I haven't looked at a school textbook in a very long time, but they say it isn't that way anymore. My laundry is in the basement, and I have to go down through my grandson's bedroom to get to it. He does a lot of gaming, and I was hearing as I walked through the room, this man as clear as day saying, "God was darkness and .....

Sara Kendrick

February 23, 2026 at 6:40 AM

continued...when He left light entered.. That wasn't all he said but I was shocked out of my wits. I don't know if my grandson was watching a documentary or if it was an introduction to some game, but I wanted to scream out and say that is so wrong. Sara K