Fixing America In 500 Words Or Less Chapter 14 FUTURE Do We Really Care About Our Children? [ song will load and play automatically ] Click Here for Music Video of this song This morning I gazed into the future of the world Behind the trusting eyes of my little girl A future filled with hope for the coming year Behind a small brow furrowed in fear Of the future. . . and troubled eyes said Please fix my world while you have the chance Please don't leave my future up to circumstance Make sure I have enough fresh water to drink Clean air to breathe and freedom to think For myself. . . and my future Today I saw the future behind thirty pairs of eyes Thirty young children trusting me with their lives Assigned to my classroom by chance for a year Thirty small brows furrowed in fear Of the future. . . and troubled eyes said Please fix our world while you have the chance Please don't leave our future up to circumstance Make sure we have enough fresh water to drink Clean air to breathe and feedom to think For ourselves. . . and our future Bless the beasts and the children, forbid them not For the highest price their future has been bought Please help fix our world while we have the chance Don't leave our planet's future up to circumstance Make sure there is enough fresh water to drink Clean air to breathe and freedom to think About what matters. . . for the future Future * * Inspired by the “reverence for life” philosophy of Albert Schweitzer.  Dedicated to Jacques Yves Cousteau, Al Gore, Melissa Etheridge. . . and our future. Click to Go Back to Contents Other Books by Richard Aberdeen Click Here to eMail the Author Copyright © by Richard Aberdeen Copyright © by Freedom Tracks Music No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author.  Inquiries: Freedom Tracks Music ~ Records / 292 Trails Circle / Nashville, Tennessee 37214 or requested via eMail.  Appendix Revolution and Revolution/Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as desired.