Desire To Be Dry
I rose today and looked at my world,
I found I was wet,
I saw the animals lose their homes ,
And I saw I was wet,
I breathe the air once pure but now burning my lungs,
And I saw I was wet,
I saw my fellow man lose their home and denied help,
And I saw I was wet,
I saw children have their innocence and childhood raped from them,
And I saw I was wet,
I felt the pain of hunger for those that need not starve,
And I saw I was wet,
I felt the chilled wind as too many cemeteries filled too quickly,
And I saw I was wet,
I saw the demons in others trying and succeeding at stealing the light of others,
And I saw I was wet,
I saw how they make us believe color divides us when it's pain that has bound us,
And I saw I was wet,
I heard the last coughs of life come from bodies that could easily be saved,
And I saw I was wet,
I saw families ripped apart and how insanity is what is deemed sane,
And I still I see I am wet,
I feel endless tears fall down my face,
As here I stand oh so wet,
and I look up and see the tears that have left me wet are not mine,
They are of the one that sees us all,
The one that wants better for us all,
The one that wonders why we can't not see the simple truth,
The one that tells us that we are not one as in the few but one as in family,
It is the one's tears that leave me wet, for we are the ones that cause them,
So I stand and I do as best as I can to live up to this truth,
And hope to see nothing but the one smile and for fill my desire to one day be dry.
By: Romuald( Romeo) Tchouante
