I Live in a World

Inspired by the LHS Peace Rally and Teach-In on March 5, 2003

I live in a complicated world.

I live in a world where people can do anything,

be anyone they want;

and yet, at the same time, they can’t.

I live in a world where hatred and love

thrive together under the same sky,

most curiously and most inharmoniously.

I live in a world where some children fight,

some children prosper, and some children starve,

And only their parents are to blame.

I live in a world where dreams can either

come true or be completely shattered

in a matter of pitiful seconds.

I live in a world with ridiculous borders,

where pain and suffering exist

encouraged by wealth and happiness.

I live in a world with mountains and rivers

and trees and flowers and sunshine and

nuclear bombs and poisonous gas.

I live in this world, and my life is good.

But at night, when I look out my window,

I see the same stars that make up the ceilings

of the homeless.