THE WORLD DOESN’T STOP
The world doesn’t stop
If you’re angry
The world doesn’t stop if
You’re old or tired
It doesn’t stop
Regardless of your love
Or humanity
The earth spins
Keeps turning despite
Your lack of conformity
Or caring, your belief or
A non belief in a God or
Charity against war or
Poverty
The world doesn’t stop
Even if someone pulls
The trigger or sets a church
On fire
You can love or not love
Live or stop living
Hope or not hope
Dream or stop dreaming
It’s all up to you
The choice is yours
And no one else
You can protest
Write endless songs or
Poems or be whoever
You want
But in the end?
The final verse
Falls upon us all
An act of infinite
Gesture or a passing
Without thought or
Voice
And the earth
Shall still carry on
Without you
The birds shall still
Chirp in morning light
& the trees shall still
Sway in the wind
And the world
Doesn’t stop
So the most you can do is
Write your name upon
The rocks
And leave your message
For the lost
With instructions
For a better world
And hope
They listen

~ R.M. Engelhardt ©2022