OH SAD WORLD

                                Dripping faucet

                                Crickets chirping

                                My sleeping sister is lightly snoring.

                                A crackling fire

                                The clock ticking

                                All's well in the darkness of my morning.

                                The television on

                                The newscaster speaking

                                There has just been a horrible murder.

                                Head in my hands

                                My pleasant heart broken

                                I now weep fervently for a stranger.

                                Oh sad world,

                                What has happened to you?

                                No one can afford to trust now.

                                No one can dare to.

                                A missing child

                                The parents weeping

                                Much too often they are crocodile tears.

                                Children with guns

                                Uncontrolled anger

                                That school day will be remembered for years.

                                 Laughter outside

                                 Two figures midnight strolling

                                 Their plans may be helter and skelter.

                                 A traveler in trouble

                                 A knock after dark

                                 There is too much fear to offer shelter.

                                 Oh sad world,

                                 What has happened to you?

                                 No one can afford to trust now.

                                 No one can dare to.

                                 By Pam Keaton