The Word Amazing
Think about the word amazing
And being alive in the 21st century
And the fact that we still fight in wars,
And report news stories about racism
And murder and robbery and suicide
And police brutality and dirty politics
And terrorists killing women and children because
These events are a normal part of our everyday lives.
Now think about the word amazing again
And the fact that we haven’t figured out
That we are all related as members of the same species,
Regardless of our age or personal beliefs
Or the color of our skin or our cultural backgrounds
Because we were all born on the same planet
In the same solar system in the same galaxy
And all lived and died throughout the same brief history of time.
Copyright © Howard Dion | Year Posted 2015
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