In time the paradigm shifts...

When safety isn't based on luck,

When "because I said so" has no weight,

When we stop pretending harmful ways are best practices,

When we collectively take responsibility,

And clean up messes -

And when we learn to communicate,

There is thriving.

The world belongs to them,

The children -

And their children's children.

We that came before

Trashed the place -

And allowed it to be trashed,

Heads in the sand.

Species dying out,

Radiation leaking,

Wars over what, exactly?

Manipulating markets,

Powering over -

Leaving trauma and chaos in the wake.

Unintended messes,

Who suffers the consequences?

Drops of safety,

Eroded.

The children will learn to co-op, subvert, and innovate despite it all.

Resilient, they must be.

And, then -

In the wake,

A new renaissance emerges.