Monody For Eden Poem by Barry Middleton

I cannot sing for one
so many children lost
the cruelty of politics
the pomposity of faith

I mourn beyond those
I held dear and true
I weep, I sing, I scream
for all jaded humanity

for in the innocent time
of children and nations
unlimited divinity waits
till hatred and war loom

the dead do not return
and those who live on
stripped of innocence
welcome the henchman

comes death and suicide
the despair of nations
the grief of the family
un-consoled by heaven

and this while grinning
preachers and politicos
put on seraphic faces
and tally their profit

so soon we all will know
our Eden has lost itself
and will not come again
till guileless hearts arise