When I Awaken... Poem by DM W

O when I awaken from teeming dream - visions,
I weep at how far we are from eternity.
I weep for this world: lost in perennial night.
I weep because it's hard to glimpse any light.
I weep for all the ridiculed, rejected ones.
O I weep for the hungry, weary and wartorn.
I weep for all the young blood that keeps on pouring.
I weep because the prophets' words go unheeded.
I weep because Nature's green kingdoms are dying.
I weep at the disfiguration of beauty.
I weep because the angels have abandoned us.
O I weep for us all: trapped in mortality!