Belief

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"Belief"

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"Belief"

They said the world would change

and somehow I believed them.

The said that someday justice would come

and touch the poor.

They said that a time would come

when children would not starve.

The said that war would end

and love would conquer

and the broken and impoverished

would find mercy and joy

and pain would cease forever.

They said the world would change

and I suppose it has:

I don't believe them anymore.

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