Every day brings new disappointments
It must feel this way for everyone

Who is it that relishes in the conflict and chaos
that fills our daily lives?

There must be some greatest beneficiary
to all the vitriol and violence

At what point will the rest of us
finally decide no one is winning

That in the end, none of this was worth it
That in the end, it wasn’t really about any of us

The warning bells sound daily
to ask if there is some mistake

How should we respond?
Can we, before it is too late?

[Prompt 2: Read Robert Frost’s poem Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening, chose one line or phrase, and with credit, write a poem with that line or phrase in it.]