Empty Hope

The early prayer echoes in the background
As the children embrace their youth
The divine watches over the lives
Of those whose struggles continue to thrive
Faithful they be upon their God
Whose promise of good continues to prove fraud
Poverty continues to taunt these people
Making them ever more weary
Of the pain, the suffering, the isolation
So they do what we are built to do
They cling to hope
However faint it may be
My only fear is
That the billions of similar beginnings
Focus on the wrong path
Support the wrong leaders
And demand from a constrained God
For he is merely the creator
And not the maintainer
It is up to us to look within ourselves
As a tool for something better
Nobody but ourselves
Can rid us of this bad weather