A World In Trouble Poem by Christopher Tye

A World In Trouble

Humanity living without any humanity or respect,
Race and religion used as an excuse for murder and genocide,
Mistrust and greed blinding people to the horror they are unleashing,
A world unable or unwilling to learn from the past.

Governments unable to govern due to being so out of touch with the people,
Corruption and greed leading the world as governments fail,
Countries teetering on the edge of civil war and anarchy,
All the time the poorest paying the heaviest price.

A world where big corporations and the super rich control everything,
Forcing the world backwards once again into division and hatred,
Looking at the possibility of racial segregation once again as we sink into hate,
As countries are beginning to look so divided as hated overtakes common sense.

We the people of the world stuck in the middle trying to survive,
As the haters try to seize control by division and fear,
Terrorists causing mayhem and mass-murder to what end,
The police and the people suffering the most in these dark days.

Did we defeat the Nazi's in vain to preserve freedom then,
Did Martin Luther King die in vain for civil rights and equality,
Did Nelson Mandela teach the world about being true freedom in vain,
Do we really as a people want to walk this path again.

We the people must stand together for humanities sake,
We have fought and suffered so long for a better world,
We could lose everything in a blink of an eye,
Hatred and greed are cancers that will spread and destroy everything.

Together we the common people of the world must find our voice again,
Stand and fight for the truly democratic world we need,
Change how governments work so they represent the many not the few,
To make the world a place worth living for no matter who you are.

Don't let the haters win the world is ours to preserve and cherish,
Cry freedom and together we can win this great fight for humanity,
Peace and equality are worth fighting for at any cost as we can't afford to lose them,
Lets make the world a place that we will be proud to leave to our children once more.

By Christopher Tye