RED LIGHT

When I lay down to sleep the thing that I most fear
Are the sounds of the night that reach my ear

Neither a bump in the night, nor the sound of a creak, to say the least
But the siren of a fire truck, ambulance or police

To lie and think of others less fortunate than I
I wish they could be saved, not a tear shed from a mother's weeping eye

I must lie here and dream of people to be so cold
For what makes one turn on one's brother with actions so fierce, so bold

For we must live within the system and take what the system hath give
Until there lies no more system and there is no more life to be lived