You Could
I can't save the planet,
from all of its problems
working together
you could overcome suffering
Working together
you could save together
creating wealth for yourself
and employment for others
Between Brothers, Sisters, Cousins, and Aunts
extended families could have one hundred people
every church congregation could have over one hundred people
one hundred people saving ten dollars per week
Is one thousand dollars per week
fifty-two thousand dollars per year
the deposit for a house every year
after ten years you could sell the houses
to create companies, creating employment
We sold our house
for six hundred and forty-five thousand dollars
we could have brought a hotel
you could save as families
you could invest in hotels or any business
you could train your children to be electricians
the first girl I loved, married her childhood sweetheart
He trained up to be an electrician
created a company and had twelve
people working for him
working together as families you could copy him
You could create wealth for yourselves
employment for your family
and your community
you could decide, to have fewer children
In 1804 the world's population reached its first billion people
by 1927 we reached two billion people
now we have reached 7.9 billion people
how many people, can the world's ecology sustain
Our oceans are depleted of fish
we cut down fifty-eight football fields
of raintree forest every day
drift net fishing is used to feed people
Timber and furniture for housing
you could decide to save and invest together
creating employment for the unemployed
in Africa, children die from starvation-related causes
you could create employment for their parents
fair wages for a fair day's work
parents with money can feed their starving child
reducing population growth could create sustainable systems
you could decide not to have wars
you could decide to live in peace
you could change the world
you could decide to create respect for each other
one person can't change the world but you could
you could decide to be nice to each other
one moment of kindness can improve somebody's day
you could decide to give up on racist ideas
all people white black and yellow have made mistakes
we can continue building hatred
or we could respect each other as friends
children don't see racism
let's follow the child into a world of peace
every day you create the life you live
with the choices you make
you could make better choices
Copyright © Bernard Barclay | Year Posted 2022
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