Letter to the Future

Unknown reader
Not yet conceived
Inherit the world my generation leaves
I fear for you
There will not be
The natural pleasures
There are for me
I can drink the water
Can safely swim in the sea
Eat the fish from the rivers
And see the forest of trees
Slowly yet surely things are starting to change
A world of uncertainty its people deranged
We’re so good at killing each other
We churn out war machines
They spend billions exploring the stars
While home on earth millions starve
I wish I could help but I don’t know what to do
With good intentions I’m the problem too
Description of my earth
Is all that I can give
I can only wonder
About the world in which you live
Unknown reader of tomorrow
I write to you with guilt and sorrow
I live in a land
And time that’s free
I hope it’s there for you
What there is for me
They spend billions exploring the stars
While home on earth millions starve
Unknown reader
Not yet conceived
Inherit the world my generation leaves
I fear for you
There will not be
The natural pleasures there are for me
I can drink the water
Can safely swim in the sea
Eat the fish from the rivers
And see the forest of trees