How do we want our children to live?

commuter-poet Poems

How do we want our children to live? Must it be the same way as us? Did we succeed in showing the way? Or should we be seeking an alternative path? Our planet is green, blue and kind The air all around is fair and mild The creatures beside us are full of great beauty The earth is a miracle home to the trees How do we want our children to live? Must it be the same way as us? Did we succeed in showing the way? Or should we be seeking an alternative path? Our industries build still more powerful weapons The leaders talk of building up walls The money men force us to pay higher prices Whilst profiting daily from eternal wars How do we want our children to live? Must it be the same way as us? Did we succeed in showing the way? Or should we be seeking an alternative path? Our seas fill up with plastic pollution Our cities require that you wear a mask Our reactors leak waste that will damage your baby They frack the land brutally to quench their thirst How do we want our children to live? Must it be the same way as us? Did we succeed in showing the way? Or should we be seeking an alternative path? The sun rises daily to show us our weakness The moon weeps at night as we lie in our beds The stars ask us questions to trouble our conscience The galaxy waits for the next generation How do we want our children to live? Must it be the same way as us? Did we succeed in showing the way? Or should we be seeking an alternative path?