Overload

 

We all have

A right to food for a better life

And a better future

We should be

increasing food production

investing in agriculture

While showing appreciation for nature

But some have

An overload of everything

They need and more

Instead of sharing

They prefer to be miserly

And enhance their stores

While others

Suffer from hunger and thirst

And with climate change

It only gets worst

We do need

Access to healthy food

Remember the

“Milk, it does your body good?”

Commercials of long ago

We need

Safely produced food

That will keep our bodies strong

We don’t need

Food filled with too much preservatives

To make it last far too long

An overload

Of chemicals and harmful ingredients

That wreck our immune system and

Throw our hormones out of whack

We need

An overload of healthy choices

And for this, we need to overload our voices

And bring action from the farm to the table

Because everyone is still more than able

And we are smart with technology

That we can devise new farming methodologies

That can coexist with climate change

Because if there is one right I can give

It would be for people to eat healthy and live

An overload of love

Hats Off

 

“don’t hang your hat

where you can’t reach it”

Granny reminded me daily

yet she would say

“if you can dream it

you can be it”

so which saying

do I side with?

should I stand still

and let others deter my will

of should I reach higher

by stoking my own fire?

was she afraid to stroke my ego

so she limited the dimensions

my ideas could go?

so I could stay simple

and elongate my growth?

I don’t know and never will

but I know that I must use my skills

to enhance the life I live