Distortions & Disappointments Poem by John Sensele

My skin tingles at the frost that steals heat
From my body whose temperature
Behaving like a yoyo skips a beat
As I have to endure in my environment a comfort rapture.

My head spins at the malaise
In the global village where so much sad news is the normal
Which power brokers in their craze
Although it lumbers humankind with so much load abnormal.

My heart bleeds as I spy so much deprivation
Where my eyes stray
The aged, the indigent, the voiceless, all bursting with frustration
As to my redeemer I turn to pray.

My conscience aches
When business as usual goes on unabated
Despite a plethora of headaches and heartaches
The common man endures as tycoons are honoured and feted