POEM: "For Good"

For Good


                      “One hundred and fifty thousand people die every day,” he continues. 

                       “And a lot of them have dinner plans.” 

                            Anthony Martin, Escape Artist

                         So, teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. 

                              Psalms 90:12


Be it counsel against hating
the strong and clean and good
sunlight words with promise
admits our blood covers it all
and everyday shows us pain
it's rotten and it's desperate

can't be fixed, will never work
we die because there is no choice
we live to spite there is so little
teach us to number our moons
by the fine beeswarming of night
we'll figure it out, cost us nearly nothing
study evil till there's evil no more


© 2016 Rob Schackne