Thoughts On A Sunrise Poem by Jim Yerman

Yesterday while watching the sun set
I thought how nature is so beautiful…
and yet

I find myself hesitant…afraid
at the world before me man has made

At all the horrible things we're doing
At all the bitterness and hatred brewing

As the sun descended this thought entered my mind
There is a way to make the world kind?

And though this may be hard for some to swallow
I believe it depends on who we follow.

What if at sunset…when today is done
We stop following fools with power…fools with guns

And when we awake to a new sunrise
We follow only leaders whom we think are wise.

So at future sunsets we'll just enjoy the view
Like, I believe, we were meant to do.