No Ground Under Our Feet
The world is changing
so rapidly that we find
no place to stand
for there is no ground
beneath our feet.
Truth is in short supply
in this crazy world
which left to its own devices
results in endless lies
and fake news ever prevailing.
Yet reality can be sought
and found upon the long
and winding road
rather than bought like
cheap candy-floss at the fairground.
Justice is in short supply
in this screwed up world
where everyone does
what is right
in their own eyes.
The weak are downtrodden
and continually oppressed
with no place to rest
their weary heads
and no bed to sleep upon.
Mercy is mocked and subjugated
in whitewashed citadels
where power and might prevail
and the lowly are despised
finding no place of refuge.
Love is distorted and profaned
in a world devoid of compassion
where sexual abuse reigns
without restraint
and perpetrators go unpunished.
Compassion and care
are a vestige of the past
and harshness rules
in this world
of government by tweets.
Now is the time to resist
the craziness of the hour
when power seekers
with fake hair
appear to triumph.
We must stand against such
corruption and deceit
trusting the One
who will make all things new
at the time of his coming.
For the world shall be turned
the right-way-up
and all wrongs righted
when he sits upon the throne
and puts all things to right.
Justice and mercy will prevail
in a recreated world
where truth shall be seen
and love displayed
for all to see.
Where at last there is a place
to stand and ground beneath our feet.