Not Enough

We are losing people

and they are young

they are being cut down 

in the days of their strength

we have made a world 

that betrays them 

at every turn 

we have envenomed the earth 

we are burning and breaking 

and creating a trail of poison 

without antidote

there are not enough healers

because we do not value the work of healing 

there are not enough teachers

because we do not value the work of teaching 

and we do not count love

as a gift to share 

but rather as a possession to keep safe

these battlefield problems

have me running between victims

trying to make the decision 

of whom to save 

and I don’t know 

what I’m doing.