I think it’s pathetic

That the silent treatment

Is our best approach problems.

I cannot stand

The way we deny

The Popularity Charts of Life.

I just about laugh,

And I just about cry,

Watching an opinion become important

Because of its source and not its merit.

Did a border wall become a possibility

Before a billionaire suggested it?

Did any issues matter before

Some college graduate pointed?

I wish a regular person got a say,

Because it doesn’t take a fancy degree

To see a problem.

All it takes is a person-

Just a single one.

A person that cares about our world

And notices its changing climate.

Not a genius- just a realist.

I don’t mean to shatter the glass, but really-

The charts matter.

A highly educated person

Has a louder voice

Than a high school dropout

With a bigger heart.

And yes, we can deny it,

But it will not change the truth:

Our world is a predatory chain

With the rich as the tiger,

Having total control.

We can flick off the light,

So that we don’t see it,

We can close our eyes

And never regret it

But please, don’t forget this-

The charts matter.