A New World ~

The world is full of all kind of people,
strange thoughts whirl around our universe
looks of bewilderment as people pass on the street,
distrust between moments of an encounter, no words

Wondering where the gentleness went,
innocence nature gave to our youthful minds
growing within the confines of our neighborhoods,
safety bestowed to our children as they play in the streets

Years traveled so swiftly, my mind has aged,
the body doesn’t move as it once did with agility
thoughts of yesteryear and its surrounding dwindled,
a new world has risen to claim their rights and thoughts

People moved with the world as it revolved,
spinning to create their peaceful domain, a crib
lined with golden straw to comfort a weary generated brow,
shutting out their own creativity, their own mass destruction -

of what their world 2010 has become - cold