WELTSCHMERZ
The soul-wrenching, silent state of distress of the afflicted
That throughout the world, at any given moment, someone is being:
Molested, beaten, tortured,
Ridiculed, humiliated, persecuted,
Burned out, drugged out, bombed out,
Starved, dehumanized, or demoralized;
That nature is being:
Stripped, poisoned, raped,
Used to excess, pushed to extinction, cast roughly aside,
Buried, burned, and bled to death;
That the world suffers from:
Over-indulgence, self-righteousness, ignorance,
Fear of the unknown, fear of the familiar, and fear of itself;
And, that enduring, positive change of the status quo is:
Unattainable,
Unthinkable,
Inaccessible...
Yes, impossible.