A Soul Problem

“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul

than the way in which it treats its children.”

                                                                         Nelson Mandela

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I wonder about our soul

this place that has so much power

so many resources

so much wealth

and so much poverty

so many children who go hungry

and have no place to lay their head

whose schools are being gutted

and whose health care being cut

so that the rich can be richer

(it really is as simple as that)

I think there is darkness where there should be light

I think there is coldness, where there should be warmth

I think there are empty places, where there should be love

I think

We have a soul problem

It is not hopeless

For there is health there too

Among the many people

Who refuse to buy into the essential selfishness peddled by our leaders

Who refuse to buy into the amorality embraced by those in power

There are spots of light everywhere

May they find each other

And

Shine