A new Day on Planet Earth

by Wynn Free

 

A new day on planet Earth.

The challenge once again

To find love.

Where will it be?

In the smile of a passing stranger?

In the kindness of a coworker?

From the Indian guy at 7-11?

A walk on the beach?

 

Ok, if the truth be known

I am sad today.

I don’t even feel

Like getting out of bed.

It could be one of those days

When everyone just turns their back

And they all seem so sad too.

I feel like a foreigner

In a strange land.

No one to meet and nowhere to go.

 

The news doesn’t look good.

More war,

More poverty,

More disease.

 

Isn’t there a reservoir of joy somewhere

Instead of just looking at this empty spot

In each other?

How to make all this work?