We Must Not Wait

Why aren't words spilled, have voices stilled? Our protest songs barely a squeak. Have we grown inured to a hateful world, now rest on our laurels, so to speak. Does a hate virus pour an infectious spore, allowing cacophony to poison the truth? Words need to be aired, and honesty shared if for nothing else, to rescue our youth. Teens' past recalls Saturdays cruising Mall But now they fear gunshots will ring out A walk at night among star-filled quiet, is a peace we can now seldom bring about. We shudder with disgust with days we can't trust, our children feel unsafe when at school. Many lives have been lost, at terrible cost Do we remember the Golden Rule? "Love thy neighbor as thyself" no longer on shelf, The book, "Love Thyself" is best seller, easily instilled. Houses, drugs, money blown, more and more to own, while some children sleep with their tummy never filled. Drugs have become a game, our nation in shame. Why is it legal for celebrities to imbibe? Their noisy abuse keeps drug lanes in use, while their friendly doc will gladly prescribe. Words are our swords; truth cannot be ignored: a powerful word often determines fate. Lessons to teach, the whole world to reach. for Earth and Humankind, we must not wait!