Another news report today <br /> Another child taken violently away <br /> Another rape, another crime <br /> In a different place a different time, all the same. <br /> <br /> Children dying in the streets <br /> A limousine passing out its deadly treats <br /> Another life, another waste <br /> Hate so thick around you that you can taste, it's all insane. <br /> <br /> How can we be so callous and cruel <br /> taking our prayers out of the schools. <br /> Giving ourselves a license to die <br /> and I can't help but wonder why. <br /> <br /> What have we become? Passing our souls along the way <br /> killing ourselves with every day. <br /> What are we to do? We leave our hearts hung out to dry <br /> while the unborn slowly die. <br /> <br /> What Have We Become? <br /> <br /> We carry signs, declare our rights <br /> breed the hate of racial fights. <br /> Yes or no, white or black <br /> Will you lend a hand or turn your back on your own. <br /> <br /> We lock our doors and close our eyes <br /> try our best to believe our own lies. <br /> God or no, live or die <br /> Do we have the nerve to wonder why the switch is thrown. <br /> <br /> Can it be the Bible is true? <br /> Is there nothing else that we can do? <br /> It seems so hopeless to even try <br /> Are we born here just so we can die? <br /> <br /> What have we become? <br /> Letting ourselves just walk away <br /> from the pain we see every day. <br /> What are we to do? <br /> When the madmen don't even care <br /> and no one is really there. <br /> <br /> What have we become?<br /><br />Kip Henderson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-have-we-become/
