Dear World

Dear World,
I just need to say
I’m sorry
I don’t know why I’m
the only one apologizing
it’s not like I run this nation or world
or ever could
you see, I’m black
and a woman and a punk
I could never be the leader
‘cause I don’t even fit in
with my own people
but I digress
World, I am so sorry
we, the human race, are truly
fucking up
killing each other over lies,
over money, over oil, over religions,
over skin color
I know we’ve been doing it forever
but I think after some dozen and a half centuries
we should grow up, mature a bit
come to see that putting holes
in you and in each other
may be hurting you
which is really hurting ourselves
but we’re naïve, World
some of us know how grand
and beautiful
you could be
but we’ve never known you that way
so we don’t know how to change it
could you try to hold off any natural disasters
or catastrophic events for a little while
this ruling generation is almost over
and my generation will be coming up soon
and I know it seems like forever
but I promise we’ll try hard
we’ll find some way to fix it
so just hold on, World
please
we’re not ready to lose you this way