Looking out across the land

Fractured and gray from where I stand

Wind and weather - shifting earth and stone

Words adrift in monotone

I hear the sounds of endless night

A world consumed with justified fright

Mistrust practiced on every side

Rifts between countries opening wide

Is it enough to ask?

For all who rule

To put our welfare

In the political pool

Working toward

A compromise

To understand

Both weak and wise

Another day in contemplative thought

A vision for tomorrow today we bought

To live a life in complacency

A newer trend for simplicity