I wish I could write a poem that would change the world <br />A world with barbwire fences <br />Try to cross and you get stuck <br />You get pinned and you can’t come back <br />Ya <br />If I could just write a poem that would take those barbwire fences down <br /> <br />I wish I could write a poem that would change the world <br />With spotlights that blind rather than show the way <br />You have to look away <br />With spots in your eyes you cannot see <br />Ya <br />If I could just write a poem that would turn those spot lights away <br /> <br />I wish I could write a poem that would change the world <br />Airplanes that get you there if you can pay the fair <br />If you’re poor, you will work hard but go no where <br />Those who fly, are they thankful to the sky <br />Ya <br />If I could just write a poem that would make this world fair <br /> <br />I wish I could write a poem that would change the world <br />What is worse is war <br />And it is over there, where we send our children <br />There is nothing here but fear <br />Ya <br />I wish I could write a poem that make that no more <br /> <br />How much longer will the birds and trees <br /> have to put up with our dirty breeze <br />All the water in this world <br /> someday none of it will be safe to drink <br />If I could just write a poem that would clean up this mess<br /><br />Roger Harkness<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-poem-to-change-the-world/
