A Little Story Poem by Jim Yerman

Here's a poem this morning that's unique in every way.
Yes, a puzzle within a poem is what's in store today…

I know what you are thinking…I haven't got the time…
But for those that do…the solution to this puzzle…
lies somewhere in the rhyme:



A LITTLE STORY


Let me tell you a little story
Of a world that went astray…when
Vanity, and bigotry and
Evil blocked its way.

It's the story of a planet that was once
So beautiful and new…

That is, until its people's
Hate
Eventually turned that planet blue.

All the people on that planet…all the places they constructed
Now are gone…because when hate took over…the planet
Self-destructed.
What could they have done to stop their sad demise?
Easy! The solution you are searching for…is left…
Right before your eyes.