Pondering...
Upon the misfortunes of my native people
If I could...
I would wipe away all of their pain and suffering

Pondering...
On ways to make their life more meaningful
If I could...
I would  built a safe haven for all, a place where  food  and happiness is plentiful,  a place where children would spend their days  in a classroom instead of roaming the streets in search of a morsel of bread to take away  unrelenting hunger pangs.

Pondering...
Why so many people had to drown
If I could...
I would serve as their solid vessel so
they could have landed safely to shore

Pondering...
Why a land full of beautiful mountains and turquoise beaches
also overflows with children whose reddish hair and thin limbs
reveals the telltale sign of acute malnutrition
If I could...
I would do the miracle of the five loafs and two fishes

Pondering...
Upon life in general.  Asking why? Why? Why? Must things
be the way they are?
If I could...
I would put an end to all pain and suffering and all
pondering and wondering would come to a screeching halt!!!!!!!!!

©July 2009 Nicole Weaver