Beyond the Veil

A poem about the state of our civilization

Beyond the Veil

There is a shroud over our eyes

A black Veil, to hide all the lies

A fictional place, in which we all live

An ideal world, where we don’t have to give

Where everyone has food to eat

And nobody has to steal or cheat

But beyond this veil the real world sits

To all of its horror, no one admits

Children dying from guns and blades

Millions more falling, weak with AIDS

It’s on the news, every day we see

Thousands, millions, no longer free

But that’s another’s problem, not mine, not me

I can’t make a difference, you must agree

This world will not change, not while we fail

When will we see beyond the Veil?