Plagued By Woes Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Plagued by woes.
And a grief that keeps miseries,
Kept for centuries wept to weep...
From distant shores our ancestors,
Left to leave behind...
To find better lives to live.
Some did and some didn't.
Yet collectively we remind ourselves,
We live as one family.
To be sisters and brothers.
In a place like none other.

And here we live as remarkable as it is,
To have abilities to spend millions spent...
Sending orbiting probes to discover if,
Life as we know it...
On other planets exist that represents,
An intelligence that equals...
The kind we have that is meant to present,
Accomplishments we have gained

Although in the process of such progress,
Neglect we do to expose it shown...
A displaying of more,
Than just an ignorance to allow...
For the purpose to condone,
A greed to feed a need that pleases...
Those who spread their hatred and bigotry.
To believe it a success to have humanity bleed,
With a creating to initiate civil unrest.
Plagues by woes that everyone gets,
As if done to leave all benefitting from it..