What Would The Future Hold Poem by Oscar Dhonesquil Esquilona

What would the future hold
When at present people’s iniquities unfold
Where is the dream of tomorrow
Would you let it end up in sorrow?

Many young people in this generation
Who are supposed to be the hope of the nation
Involve themselves in pre-marital sex and drug addiction
How awful is the world with this condition!

And what is the cause of this grave poverty
Why are there so many people and children go hungry
Is this the lack of care of the rich and wealthy
Or their own indolence, or their lack of opportunity

Why is there this so called discrimination
And the same people, the poor, suffer in this situation
Money and power are misused in order to control other people
That the weak becomes weaker and the powerful becomes more powerful

Opportunities are not granted equally
The rich gets even better than the lowly
Others sit comfortably, spending money wastefully
While others die of hunger, distress, and misery

What would the future hold
When at present people’s iniquities unfold
Where is the dream of tomorrow
Would you let it end up in sorrow?

So as the ants work together for the sake of each other
Why can’t the people do the same
And as the mother bird feeds her brood
Why can’t the our leaders care for the needs of their people

What happens within each of the family
How do the parents educate their children
How do they discipline their innocent angels
Do they watch them grow as really angels
Or rather, they tend to be like little devils

Father and mother, how grateful would your children be
If you lead them and show them the right way
Guiding their actions and molding them by your good examples
Speaking to them truths about good and evil

That once they reach the age of reason,
They may not walk astray
Thinking of the accountability of their actions
They‘ll have to consider your reminders of the right way.

That when the time comes for them to take their responsibility,
They may learn to care for others especially the needy
And when they come to lead the country
They may be able to attain the peak of prosperity!