Sonnet: The World I See Today

The few good people I’d known appear changed; The evil-doers seem to have increased; The few sane people I’d known look deranged; Most healthy ones are totally diseased! The world I saw in childhood was so good; The world I see today is pretty bad; Polluted are the air, water and food; To leave this treacherous world, I would be glad! This earth was good when God made it at first; Man’s selfishness has wrought ruin on it; Man’s sinfulness has turned him one accursed; So many souls are heading for the ‘Pit’. But God had planned the redemption of man, Through Jesus Christ, within our earthly span! Copyright by Dr John Celes 12-17-2006