Guest Poet Charles Strickland
WHY SHOULD I CARE
Why should I care,
That there is hatred everywhere?
It is only on TV,
It will never get to me.
Why should I care,
That there is violence over there?
It does not affect me,
Is the attitude you see.
But when it hits close to home,
We know we are not alone.
And when it cuts down a child,
We really go wild.
It is time to take a stand,
And help our fellow man.
No matter where he be,
He is part of our family.
October 1997
Charles Strickland's Questions:
Does the reader think violence has gotten out of hand? What must we do as a world society to help people get along together and bring peace?
Correspond with Charles Strickland at
mon@ecr.net
with your ideas about this poem.
The Albany Poetry Workshop