A Reflection on Our Times
The oceans burn with record heat,
Nine years in a row, the waters seethe.
The richest few, in ten days' span,
Consume what should sustain the plan.
From Ukraine's fields to Gaza's sand,
Conflict scars the wounded land.
Four years of war, the missiles fly,
While diplomats attempt to try.
Yet quantum dreams begin to wake,
And AI minds new pathways make.
From drug design to diplomat's tool,
Intelligence—both wise and fool.
The gap between the haves grows wide,
While trust and truth inside us hide.
Eighteen million souls in need,
Afghanistan's children plead.
El Niño stirs beneath the waves,
As warming deepens, no one saves.
CO2 climbs, the markers show,
Eleven years the hottest glow.
But hope persists in human hands,
In choices made across the lands.
Inequality is not fate—
We hold the power to create.
So here we stand, at history's edge,
Upon a trembling, fragile ledge.
The future waits, unwritten still—
What world shall bend to human will?