Many worry about the future
and just as many lament the past.
And some too few are changing the present.

War’s refugees, the maimed, the dying,
the children, and destroyed cities
ever present suffering here and now…

Climate’s refugees, the displaced,
the economically ruined, the drought, fires,
ever present storms, here and now…

Autocracy’s refugees, the morally
corrupt, the domination of minds, body,
and ever present suppression, here and now…

What’s the point of lamenting later
about a future we’ve failed today
in this, our season of here and now…