Our World

My fears are many

My woes are the same

I fear for loss

Of life and liberty

The mountains tremble

And the seas rage

As country after country

Produces deadly threats

We have weapons of ear

Hurling across the sky

Ready to plough down,

And kill all that is around

Life is not safe

The world is at unease

With President’s twittering

Instead of governing

Then there is Mother Nature

As beautiful as she can be

She is a threat to us as well

With the heavens offering up storms

Countries are being flooded

People are being displaced

Cars are floating down the river

And lives being bid to rest

The world is not safe

But it is our world

And we need to do everything

To keep holding on

Jo Anne Kennedy

September 2017