A Voice of Reason
As I fiddled her words from the start
Her intellectual voice cried out loud
That tore my heart and fall apart
For this little town to make us proud
Her bravery makes sense to listen
Straight forward without hesitation
To the point that CHANGE is a must
For NEW officials whom they can trust
Hear! Here, I repeat what she uttered
Life of her and the people she cared
Poor of the poorest to walk on a road
Unpaved yet a promise wasn't fulfilled
On a rusted playground, no child is safe
Unclean restrooms, they hover bad whiff
"What must be done? " She questioned them
"What's in their pocket if not gold of shame? "
Boy, Oh! Boy I was once about your age
In this little town during in its "Dark Age"
Glaring lamp lights on every little shack
You're better off now than 40 years back
If progress counts, electricity isn't enough
When it lit a building tattering paint in half
Wells no more but the pipelines run through
Beneath the water waste, what a filth to view!
So, we beg you not to stop your Voice of Reason
For no truth hurts when hope becomes a lesson
To learn and relearn that CHANGE may happen
When everyone give these NEW a better chance!
poem by Efren Petalver Carranza
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