I hope the world will care

The world today

Oh mother earth

I am sorry for the destruction and the pain we have caused

I am sorry for the lost lives

And I am sorry for it all

Where has humanity been lost?

What and who have we turned into

Sometimes I look in the mirror I do not recognize myself

I see the mirror and I see the vanity

When did it all become about being skinny and fashion magazines

When did the rich begin to care more about their pets than the dieing children around the world?

Why don’t more people care?

Why aren’t more people concerned?

I am sorry to all those who stay hungry

To those who don’t have a place to live

I am sorry to those who have lost their loved ones

To those who are ill and cannot speak

What makes me entitled to the life I live?

What makes me entitled to this vanity?

Sometimes I wish I could escape and do something

Although I try I cannot help but feel locked in

Sometimes I feel like the doors of materialism and selfishness are closing in on me

I too flip through the magazines of vogue and wish

But why has this world become so vain

When did we begin to care about fashion more than people?

When did people from another ethnicity become strangers?

I am sorry to those whose dreams never come true

I am sorry to those who are exploited

I am sorry to those who have felt loss and pain

Sometimes it disgusts me to be here and live in this way

Knowing the type of things which are going on

Consuming as much as we are consuming

What gives me the entitlement?

What gives me the right to live this way?

This is the type of thing that keeps me awake at night

I sit here 2 am writing this poetry

But is this also not in vain?

What use it is to write these words with nothing being done

I want to do something

I need to do something

I’m sorry for those who do not have

I am sorry to those who cry

I do not know why but I feel your pain

I can feel your heart aches and your desires

I want to be there

I want to hold you

Console you

And tell you it will be ok

But perhaps it won’t

And often times I know it won’t

Yet I want to sit here and cry for you

Cry for the world

Oh mother earth

I am sorry for the pain

I am sorry for the destruction and the tragedy

I am sorry for the ones who have died in vain

I am sorry for those all in pain

Each day I watch and see

And each day pains me more

How much pain and suffering lies in this earth this very day

How can I continue living in this bubble and not care

How can anyone not care about what goes on today

What have we become?

Are we still humans

Do we still feel and do we have compassion

What happened to the kindness what happened to the love?

What happened to the generosity which lived in all of us?

When did it all become about money and capital

When did we make the transition to the beast world?

I am sorry for the ones whose dreams do not come true

I am sorry for those who die of hunger and malnutrition

I wish there was a way I could make everyone feel

Sense the pain and the tragedy

How not one could be devastated and affected

How can one move on and keep on pretending

I am tired of my bubble I want to escape

I want to do something

I want to change the world today

I don’t know how and I don’t know when

But something needs to be done soon...

I am sorry for those who have lost and loved

I am sorry for those who do not have anyone

I am sorry for those who sleep bare in the cold night

I am sorry for those who have been inflicted by pain and sorrow

I hope that one day things will change

I hope one day that people will care again

I hope one day for the sake of the world that people will care again...