all around me the world trembles
all around me the world bleeds
all around me people suffer
all around me people die without need

yet I sit here
fed
bathed
happy
and seem mystified by the very thought

a crow flies over cawing the knowledge
I can barely accept
and I know that sunshine here
may mean well
but to others that same sunshine
may be the sign of their death

all around me the world falls apart
all around me the believers fall down expecting the end

I sit alone here
looking out at this world I share
with all of them

and I wonder why I am chosen to
sit here alone while being
fed
bathed
and
happy

the sun peaks over the clouds
and I smile at a day that shall be beautiful

bringing my eyes back down
to this world I share with all of you
I see the cracks in the earth
spelling doom
and hear the news of death
on the wind
I know the world around me suffers
suffers more than I shall ever know

but perhaps my purpose on this rock
is to not wonder at this shaking
which seems to grip everyone else
but to be grateful that where I stand
the earth is still