sonnet #2

sonnet 2
1/2/13
black skies paint our ever-altering world
billions of people show their great evils
peace is unattainable by our wars
the good of our kind is sheltered by veils
darkness finds its way through the brightest cracks
shadowing our good with ever yet bad
the good in our world still severely lacks
this truth makes the good furthermore sad
generosity prevails in the young
those who don't know yet to be very mean
reverence in these children is unsung
unlike those whose morals are very lean
though very few are very kind
there is hope yet for us to find