How Many? Poem by Kale Beaudry

In the world's world...





How many sirens will sound in the night?
How many children are taken on sight?
How many tears are being shed like snakes skin?
How many wars will be fought - who will win?
How many people are dying in sheets?
How many people are rats of the street?
How much potential is going to waste?
How many people are lost in sore taste?

How many sounds are going unheard?
How many students are forgetting their words?
How many drugs are flooding our fields?
How many colours are found - who will yield?
How many minds are mashed into dirt?
How much is insanity and what is it worth?
How many Gods live beyond our stars?
How many roads are simply too far?

In a world's world.
Still smiling.

How many youth see to their first kiss?
How many smiles are curving closed lips?
How many ants climb to the top of the hill?
How many steps have been - who ever stands still?
How many woman are turned into mothers?
How are you my friends, sisters and brothers?
How many souls are so perfectly matched?
How many memories grow on the flats?

In a world turned on its shoulders.
Always smiling.