Emotions and sky are both sometimes blue,
Memories surface, their moments too brief.
What has happened to the world that I knew?
Lifelong we search for a path running true,
Time fast escaping, the prize of a thief,
Emotions and sky are both sometimes blue.
Shuttered is the school where once children grew,
Absent from celebrations, dear lost Chief,
What has happened to the world that I knew?
Nation embattled, the lifeline withdrew,
Intellect questioned beyond disbelief,
Emotions and sky are both sometimes blue.
Families splintered, community untrue,
The splintered society yields no relief,
What has happened to the world that I knew?
Alas! sighs the empath, sensing deep rue
Of lives not well lived, lamenting, in grief.
Emotions and sky are both sometimes blue.
What has happened to the world that I knew?
About the Creator
Thomas Durbin
Raised in rural east-central Illinois, I appreciate nature and the environment. I'm a professional engineer-scientist, poet, stoic, minimalist, conservationist, inventor, costumer, historian, traveler, volunteer, and author.
Keep reading
More stories from Thomas Durbin and writers in Poets and other communities.
Comments
There are no comments for this story
Be the first to respond and start the conversation.