Why are families ravaged by violence,
And therapists relied upon to break their code of silence?
Why do children cry out in the night,
Appreciated only by gangs that recruit them to fight?
Why are our homeless treated as obsolete,
While we help those nations our Congress values more elite?
Why are we immune to pain and disaster,
And ignoring the healing effects of music and laughter?
Why do the culture wars still continue,
Should not peace and cohesiveness be the real venue?
Why do the corporations pollute our lakes and streams,
At the expense of shattering so many hopes and dreams?
Why do we destroy the animals and their home,
Has it been forgotten that we cannot survive alone?
Why are men considered the stronger, more able,
Is it not realized this is a fallacy, a mere fable?
Why are women repressed and degraded,
And not loved and respected for what they have created?
Why do we mourn the loss of a loved one,
And not celebrate the crowning of their spiritual union?
And
Why not approach these questions with straight forward answers,
Instead of ducking and dodging them like timid fucking dancers?
Why?