Look At The Children - Poem Written By: Peter Laursen

I sit reading the paper

Sipping coffee in the park

What I am reading is so upsetting

So horrid and so dark.

The world is such a mess

Greed has taken hold

Like a rotting carcass

Spreading like a gangrenous mold.

So, what do leaders hope for

About 85 years on this earth

To kill, destroy and injure

What's it really worth?

I see the injured children

While watching the news every night

What's wrong with the world leaders

Why can't they make this right?

When judgement day comes

And their time has come to go

I hope the gates of heaven won't open

It's the other way they must go.

So, stop and look at the children

Deep in their eyes you must stare

You will see only love and happiness

How could you not show you care?

Children playing together

Of different race, color or creed

Love, happiness and laughter

It's all they really need.

Children are the perfect example

Of how this world should be

So, stop and watch the children

Be peaceful, happy and free.

Poetry Written By:

Peter Laursen

Poetry Published By:

Eryn Dunbar