Alas
If there was no white supremacy
Emmett Till would have cured cancer
Amadou and Hadiya would have stopped global warming
and Trayvonn would have ended world hunger
some young sister or brother in the Congo
would have cured the common cold
while another in Australia would be
solving the mystery of the dying bees
because we dont really know how much
we lose with each child we dont treasure
protect and educate to great measure
as we wonder why there's
so much trouble in the world
every child born is precious
but the rich one is given the best
the poor ones are forced to have less
and the destitute fight over the rest
The little girl in the ghetto
has genius in her soul
the little boy in the slum
has world peace as his goal
Alas we'll never know
the extent of our loss
how much didnt get solved
nor how much would've been found
we'll never know what kind of lives
we could have led
how many would be alive instead of -
dead.
--OldSoul(HLR)/3-16-2013/chgo--
some young sister or brother in the Congo
would have cured the common cold
while another in Australia would be
solving the mystery of the dying bees
because we dont really know how much
we lose with each child we dont treasure
protect and educate to great measure
as we wonder why there's
so much trouble in the world
every child born is precious
but the rich one is given the best
the poor ones are forced to have less
and the destitute fight over the rest
The little girl in the ghetto
has genius in her soul
the little boy in the slum
has world peace as his goal
Alas we'll never know
the extent of our loss
how much didnt get solved
nor how much would've been found
we'll never know what kind of lives
we could have led
how many would be alive instead of -
dead.
--OldSoul(HLR)/3-16-2013/chgo--