A Sickness Lurks Within Poem by Joseph Anderson
A Sickness Lurks Within
I hear the pulpits ringing
About mankind's mortal sin;
From what I hear and see, I fear
A sickness lurks within.
The cancers eating at our souls
Are violence, sex and drugs;
While most of this we just dismiss,
With non-commital shrugs.
Our teens are pregnant, kids kill kids,
While wealth and waste abound;
Guns in schools, illiteracy rules,
Lord! A sickness walks around.
We have scandal in high places,
As we lose our moral codes;
We follow the flow, we won't say no
So, we walk the Roman roads.
This is a dear, great country,
With just and faulty laws;
Perhaps we could, God knows we should
Amend these serious flaws.
1998
Oh, what a wonderful thoughtful write, and such a great flow to the poem, the content is the same in a good deal of the world it would seem, but just written so well, somehow you made it a pleasure to read..
A very true to life poem Joe i love the story and also how well it rhym's.wonderful Joe. This should have been given a 10.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/6/2024 3:28:42 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Unfortunately this is the plight everywhere. Greed, crime and violence like cancer is eating up our vitals! We often tend to take things for granted! A lament like this itself is purgative! Powerful write!