What have we done with today?

What have we done with today?

I feel as though many words 
Have been spilt, lost milk
For the sake of debate,
And none to make change
Where it matters most.

I sense that as time flows,
Rivers will dry up, skins curl
And we will look back
On wastelands, wondering
What we achieved
In this word war.

I'm worried that we will
Look into the innocent eyes
Of the future
And not have any answers-
What have we done with today?

Shafinaaz Hassim (c) 2013