Just Talk--By Caryl Calsyn--United States

Just Talk

Some talk about peace,
but wage war.

Some talk about diversity,
but spew slurs.

Some talk about equality,
but discriminate.

Some talk about love,
but demonstrate hate.

Just talking about peace,
diversity, equality and love—
is not enough to change the world.

Since we have not learned this yet.
I wonder if we ever will.

Caryl Calsyn is a retired interior designer. She has always been a writer, but poetry became the mode preferred a few years ago and eventually she became a published author. She is a past president of a writer’s club, past chairman of the county historical commission and a museum board member. She leads a faith group and sings in a chorale and the church choir.