Cruel World

You:
              Are broken but together
              Want to love but are held back
              Alive but feel dead

I:        Am right beside you
          Am just  as distraught as you are
          Cannot feel happiness when you are in despair

Tired and lonesome, you may feel
Remember others are worse off
Even if that is the only way to get through
And pray that God has not forgotten you

Many need those prayers you send
Like the near-dead and the homeless
Like the abandoned animals
Like the neglected and abused children
Like the women who have no choice but to say yes
Like the child prisoners who have no life but to kill
Like the child slaves brought up into prostitution

There is so much wrong with the world
Will there ever be any right?