The tap left running,
wasting water and money;
all call it evil.
they watch it dripping,
blame who turned it, and cry
“How wrong! How shameful!”
No one moves to change
the sad scene; their sole action
is indignation.
Yet when someone tries
to turn the spigot’s flow off,
they are reviled, too.
Is it the action,
or our own nothing done
that is upsetting?
So you can describe
how the world has become mad,
and with pride, complain.
Just being righteous
without fixing what is wrong
compounds the problem.
What glory is there
in being right about things
that make life ugly?
There is no changing
without risking ridicule.
You must at least try.
05 AUG 2004
