Persistence is her name (a poem)

Saddened 

     that some have ceased to care. 

There really 

     is no time for that. 

This time,

     this now,

demands the deepest of our

     care,

     concern,

     compassion.

Humanity is crying

     from abandonment;

creation is screaming

     from neglect;

children are dying

     from disengagement.

We must resist

     apathy,

     indifference,

     unconcern,

     insensitivity.

These are the enemies 

     of community,

     of freedom,

     of we.

This is the time

to devote ourselves fully

     to one another.

  — bshivers