This Suffering World Poem by David Wood

We live in a world that never sleeps,
Where everything is open 24/7, next
Day delivery, insatiable demands and
Wild unabated consumerism creating
All our internal and external pressures.

People live with clutter in their lives
In their homes and work, and tempers
Become frayed, anger and illnesses
Increase. Governed by a Market Economy
Based on never ending growth and profit.

We are creating a barren garden where
The Earth has become polluted, where
Oceans have become acidified, where
Plastic swims with the fish, and where
Rainforests are cut down for animal feed.

If we continue as we are the bubble will
Burst. If we don't change the climate won't
Recover, and future generations face a
Climate out of control. Plant and animal
Species becoming extinct on a daily basis.

Society has lost the three important things
That it discarded from the beginning of the
Last century. Simplicity, Patience and
Compassion. Simplicity in thoughts and
Actions to help us to declutter our lives.

Patience with our wants and needs and,
Above all, compassion towards you and
All sentient beings on this planet. We need
To live in harmony with everything, and
Learn to live with what we have, not what

We think we want, buying and discarding
Items on a regular basis, to satisfy our ‘must
Have it, and have now' society, or our insatiable
Wants and needs will destroy us, and the only
Habitable planet we all depend on to survive.