Future is a short word
but also a BIG word
a complex word
and unsettled word
a crazier word
than most
ever heard.
Can we REALLY plan our future
like the finance sector
wants us to
can we really draw a map
of what
in time
we can aspire to?
Yes we can hope
yes we can dream
yes we can brainstorm
those are true
but in today’s
world unstable
can we REALLY plan out
what will happen
can we really
CLEARLY
see it through?
One day
we have a job
the next day
we do not have it
one day
we have a savings
then the falling markets
GRAB IT
prices only seem to rise
like the start
of a BAD HABIT
for every person
with a goal
there is another
WHO WILL STAB IT!
One day
our world is stable
the next day
a major earthquake
not just in one region
but taking up
a whole ocean
giving off the worried notion
that tsunamis may arise
to wipe out
our forward motion.
One day
there is a midwest town
overnight
a tornado
comes to knock it down
meanwhile
state leaders
think they know what is best
by making students only learn
what is on their test.
Is the future
worth our dreaming
worth our planning
worth our hoping
we have to have SOMETHING
not so depressing
to keep our minds from
endlessly stressing
negatively obsessing
or perpetually moping.
~Miguel
