Tears

State of the world

Darkness has enveloped the world,

as all around us, uncertainty swirls

We're no longer sure of the right direction,

flailing from course correction to correction

Just a rudderless ship battered to and fro

no longer trusting the truths we used to know

All the talking heads are simultaneously screaming,

saying nothing, yet knowledgeable-seeming

Scaring us all with visions of horror and panic,

all their depressing reporting positively manic

What we need is not paranoia, it's a voice of reason,

to calm us all, soothe us, in this truly mad season