The Voice Of Tomorrow

THE VOICE OF TOMORROW

The voice of tomorrow
Is the voice of today

The voice of tomorrow
Isn’t a writer, an activist
Or a politician, a pop star
Or a racist thug spreading lies
And speaking at
A university

The voice of tomorrow
Isn’t a tyrant, a president
Or a Democrat, a liberal
Or the KKK

The voice of tomorrow
Is simply a child

Who will create a better
World, a better place free
Of monsters & violence
Hatred & rage

Free of deportations
And all the twisted games
Who speaks for all the
People and not for it’s
Rich, but for its poor

And for the common
Women, and man

Making sure that each one
Has a better life

And
The voice of tomorrow
Isn’t an over zealous
Religious person or a
Religious fake

The voice of tomorrow
Can be heard today

Asking their mother;

“Who are these bad men in masks?”

And asking their father;

“Can’t we just move away?”

The voice of tomorrow
Is now seeing the worst of
Human behavior

The damage everywhere

Who is asking in their prayers at night

“Why?”

” Why haven’t they arrested the bad fat man
With the ugly red tie?”The orangutan man?

The clown?

Because he hurts people bad
And doesn’t help them

And never helps them

At all

The voice of tomorrow
Is the voice of today

Making more sense than
Any of us

Simply knowing

What’s right
& what’s wrong

The monsters
The nightmares
All long gone

And dust

~ R.M. Engelhardt
®2025