Sad is the word that comes to mind

When I think about the world

Yet sad alone is not deep enough

To express the painful truth

People say the "real world"

Starts when high school ends

But every day I wake up

Astonished by this very real world

There is cursing and cussing

Insulting and name-calling

It isn't just drugs and drinking

That cause our problems today

I walk down the hallway

Hearing words full of malicious intent

"Oh my god his picture's so ugly!"

"Did you hear what she did last night??"

Everyone wants a big chunk

Of the juiciest gossip, the latest rumor

Nobody wants to hear

About church, God, love or forgiveness

It's easy to get focused

On your own little world

Your wonderful life

Forgetting who you're hurting

All the people you've put to shame

My soul sobs for the world

We are so blind

Derision surrounds us

Disaster occurs around the globe--

Evil manages to survive

I cannot expect

Change overnight

I just wish someone

Would open their eyes

All humanity is not vain

Every person is not self-centered

Yet desire consumes us,

Fashion, sex, money and greed

Sometimes I hear talk of good things,

Of being charitable, generous and loving

But I don't see action

I see words rendered meaningless

It is times like these when

The good man must stand up

For if does not

We will crumble to pieces.