The real and disastrous events materializing as humanity progresses deeper into this century, ominous projections of worsening conditions attributed to climate change; dysfunctional governance; moral and ethical dividing wedge leading to tribalism; and the list grows. Leading to the question what will be our -

Future Life?

Sky thunderous, dark; the river raging black

Trembling land under foot, starting to crack

Rolling ominous clouds, lightening clap

Will the day’s sun ever come back

How long will tumultuous conditions last

Human patience for change is waning fast

Resources to survival limited by contrast

Political will to remedy scarce, but much bombast

Youth’s generation confronting a new pain

Higher education’s promises void of real gain

Fearful of a vibrant future, with no job to sustain

Hope dwindling, optimism hard to retain

Bleak need not be the outcome, if all were smart

The course to correction, is tear the old system apart

What is needed is a fresh and realistic start

One where classes of people are not driven apart

Each human offers for the taking, a unique resource

Each must be regarded as a contributing force

The collective power of all can chart a new course

One of prosperity shared, respective of natural resource

To be asked: what catalyst will it take?

To recognize the depth of the ‘original’ global mistake

And that a new road to real human prosperity, must we take

Otherwise future life on this Earth, will be one grown on hate.