Sleepwalking

 He slept soundly

He slept soundly in his bed

While the Russian troops massed

On the Ukraine border 

Ahead of a denied invasion. 

She curled up in silken sheets

While Afghan parents sold their children

To buy some food for families

Hungry and cold on an evil hill. 

They took the trains to ski slopes

While the sun shone down on Africa

Man and beast stumbling in the heat

In the jail of climate change. 

Closer to home we celebrate our freedom

While families choose to eat or heat

Behind closed curtains in avenues

Blind to the secrets behind the doors. 

There is no point in blaming God

For that is not his duty 

There is no point in fervent prayers

Actions matter and not words. 

To have the courage to light a candle

To hope it’s timid glow 

Will help the neighbor and then show

The path from hell to heaven.