Trip Advisory
I chanced to look upon the world, through current
Channels..And much unfurled; I noted the various
Decades passed, wars on terror legalising grass..'
Wars on waste, the slogans did run, my mind reeled
Them off one by one.' I remember third world birthed
A helofull phrase, Beirut and Gaza Belfast the Maze
Bangladesh the tamils Uganda pol pot, reigns of hunger
And terror there has been a lot.' I remember the west
It seemed a planet away..From such raw anarchy and
And deprivation.' Yet is my mind astray.? No now I see that
Here there is also unrest, how did this occur my thought
Requests.? In the 60s take Bolton U K; many poor there
Yet not this dissaray.' Chicago Sydney Montreal Berlin
Paris Auckland just a random dip in.' Life for the many
Not what I'd call plush..Yet there was more structure
Amid the rush.' Amongst the mire the crush of the world
There was more christianity, and not just in word' even
Publicans suppported the church' people when asked
At random had (mostly) no lurch? Or other path i know
Of that.!maybe it was contrived.? Or just off pat.? Yet
I return to today, and our current trials.. Homelesness
Rampant violence idol worship trans-reality begging by
Media, and initiatives for every situation.! Answers abound
And yet I see.' Broken people, and citys; and towns. The
Former places still seem the same, only the west i think
Has changed.? Despite many billions gathered and spent
The wars and poverty do not relent, I question such I
Apprehend there is corruption much.' Great power is no
Human friend, as such.!
Copyright © Joe Maverick | Year Posted 2023
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