Dr.Spud44's Ripples of Hope Creations
It Doesn't Need to Be This Way
Heaven's love or the devil's hate-which is stronger?
Rough wounded hands struggle with tender embraces The constant battle between the sunshine's warm light And the frightening, terrifying late night cold wind howls It doesn't need to be this way A little girl holds her daddy's picture next to her pillow It helps drown out the shouting from the living room which is now all too often the battleground between her two equal parts-she is forgotten collateral damage-a victim It doesn't need to be this way. A little boy is vigorously and happily dancing to life's tunes But they take him aside and order him to stop- sit still! They hand him a pill - a glass of water-take this little one You will dance like all the rest-He thought his dance was fine It doesn't need to be this way. Somewhere, everywhere, a toddler's stomach growls with want He would gladly gobble up the scraps that others toss away But he himself , to the world, is a similar morsel- a scrap for he Was born with the wrong shade, in the wrong place at the wrong time It doesn't need to be this way. Humanity's genius has cracked so many codes- could crack more A gleaming hunk of metal zooms high in the sky carrying heavy cargo It could be bags of food or tanks of clean water or vials of needed meds But instead it drops its bombs; a brother digs for his dead sister's arms It doesn't need to be this way. A woman of deep faith prays to the Prince of Peace in her comfort Not understanding or realizing that two doors down her neighbor cries But she has been told to not worry about others who are suffering It is their fault, after all, for God blesses those who have enough faith It doesn't need to be this way. On a lonely, dirty apartment's kitchen counter sits the loaded weapon He got it to protect his family; the one he now never gets to see A pretty girl who never smiles has dumped out the pile of pills They both reach...The pain and battle has become too much...WAIT! It doesn't need to be this way. An older couple, Lynn and Pearl, have never gotten a break in life He drove truck, she served lunches to children - lost two of her own They are kind angels who volunteer-trying to enjoy their golden years On a skimpy SS check each month yet they worship government hate TV It doesn't need to be this way. Oh, shut-up ! You howl at the moon when nothing can be done You are naive-the world is the way it is- accept it and move on Who needs your constant banter? Who gave you all the answers? What makes you so special? Human suffering is not new! BUT... It doesn't need to be this way. Nope, you will not silence me this time. I am now a tribal elder I will create my own reality in my own circle of influence, NOW! I will act not just react. I will encourage not discourage. I will love. The light is stronger-I have only a few years left to shine my small beam It doesn't need to be this way It doesn't have to be this way. It shouldn't be this way. I am going to yell until somebody hears me. Do you hear me? It Doesn't Have to Be This Way! |
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Click on photos for the poems...... Why Did Turn Out This Way?
He knows the answer to the nagging question
always reproducing itself day after day interrupting sleep night after night it repeats Wanting, no daring, him for some answer State your case you miserable wreck You can't continue the obvious fake when alone Come on ! SOME explanation is required. Why did it turn out this way? How Many Dreams Did You Steal?
How many dreams did you steal?
With a misplaced comment in a moment of anger With a casual, unaware word or two not thinking Or knowing, or wondering, perhaps not even caring at all   Thanks for reading and visiting
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