Fixing America In 500 Words Or Less Chapter 14 FUTURE Do We Care About Our Children? click here if song fails to play in 6 seconds Click Here for Music Video of this song                      This morning I gazed into the future of the world                      Behind the trusting eyes of my little girl                      A future filled with hope for the coming year                      Behind a small brow furrowed in fear                      Of the future. . . and troubled eyes said                              Please fix my world while you have the chance                              Please don't leave my future up to circumstance                              Make sure I have enough fresh water to drink                              Clean air to breathe and freedom to think                              For myself. . . and my future                      Today I saw the future behind thirty pairs of eyes                      Thirty young children trusting me with their lives                      Assigned to my classroom by chance for a year                      Thirty small brows furrowed in fear                      Of the future. . . and troubled eyes said                              Please fix our world while you have the chance                              Please don't leave our future up to circumstance                              Make sure we have enough fresh water to drink                              Clean air to breathe and feedom to think                              For ourselves. . . and our future                      Bless the beasts and the children, forbid them not                      For the highest price their future has been bought                              Please help fix our world while we have the chance                              Don't leave our planet's future up to circumstance                              Make sure there is enough fresh water to drink                              Clean air to breathe and freedom to think                              About what matters. . . for the future                              Future * * Inspired by the “reverence for life” philosophy of Albert Schweitzer.  Dedicated to Jacques Yves Cousteau, Al Gore, Melissa Etheridge. . . and our future. Click Here to Go Back to Contents Click Here to eMail the Author Copyright © December 10th, 2019 by Richard Aberdeen. Copyright © December 10th, 2019 by Freedom Tracks Records. ( including from several earlier copyrights ) No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher and signed by the author. For inquiries, please contact Freedom Tracks Records.  The essays entitled Revolution and Revolution ~ Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced and distributed as desired.