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Guide The Citizens

December 13, 2016 By Rick Leave a Comment

Born in the storm
Of mighty wind howling, the baby awakes
The tempest rages while parents rejoice
The room weeps for another
Unwitting form

In our neighborhoods
We know the usual but not another’s
We decorate our yards in comparison
One-upmanship reigns
Others starve

The world’s tyrannies
Shout across the oceans at others blame
We, secure in our righteousness
Change our attention
Another one dies

This planet our home
Cries in pain we cause deliberately
It looks beyond yet lives within
Asks the heavens
Guide the citizens

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