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Turmoils Of Life

Turmoils of Life

To the life comes thee, fresh from the womb, new to all, everything a mess, what shall I do?
My life is starting in such turmoil and such grief, how do I survive, how do I live, what do I think?
There are drugs on the corner, murders in the alleys, curruption is everywhere, what do I think, what
do I do to survive what the world has heaped upon me? How do I survive? How do I thrive in such an existence?

For I am an infant and the world is so old, what can I do to make a difference, what can I do to change things,
what can I do to survive?

I am but a toddler, so new to my world, I see mother crying and father has left, the screaming has stopped,
but the silence has not. Mother is crying and father is gone, my life is in shambles and I am only three.

For I am only a toddler and the world is so old, what can I do to make a difference, what can I do to change
things, what can I do to survive?

I am a young child in our city schools, I see so much pain and unhappiness around me; Sarah is bruised,
and Mary has been beaten again. I am helpless. Joe's father's in the penn and his mother's in the streets,
Joe seems happy but I saw him weep.

I am a young child and the world is so old, what can I do to make a difference, what can I do to change
things, what can I do to survive?

I am a teen and aware of it all, I know what is right and I know what is wrong.

What path shall I take to insure happiness, what path shall I take to be rid of the horrors in my dreams?

I feel alone and helpless, what shall I do, am I the only one, or are there more, who feel this way?
I am a teen aware of it all, the world is
so old, what can I do to make a difference, what can I do to change
things, what
can I do to survive?

I am a parent and I see the pain, my life is half over and I've not made a change, my child is growing what
must she think, my husband has left and I am alone, my life is repeating it's same sorry past.

I am a parent and I see the pain, the world is so old, what can I do to make a difference, what can I do to
change things, what can I do to survive?

I am a grandparent, my children have gone, I am alone. I should have done something, I had so much time,

my life was before me, but I let it pass. I could have done something, I could have done much, I could
have changed the future and forgotten the past. I did nothing.

I am a grandparent, my children have gone, the world is so old, what can I do to make a difference,
what can I do to change things, what can I do to survive?

I am dead now...

The pain still goes on... I did nothing... Maybe you will...

By Karl Chase Sr.

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