Just Another Day

This poem is by Bary Bennett

Today is just a day
Like any other day before
You wake up to a cigarette
Perhaps you'll have one more
The coffee pot is brewing
So you turn on your TV
You sit and drink your coffee
Wondering what you're going to see
The news brings all the pictures
That the world wants you to view
It's a murder, it's a car chase
It's a special deal for you
It's an earthquake, it's a famine
It's a little thing called war
So we sit and watch and wait
For that final football score
It's a day like any other
We have lost that sense of care
We've become a hardened people
To what's going on out there
America wake up wake up
To the troubles of our time
We're in deep and still asleep
We are guilty of the crime
Of forgetting where we came from
And neglecting all we claim
We are children of the most high God
And Jesus is his name
We're to pray for those in bondage
And lay hands upon the sick
We're to warn those being swindled
When the devil plays a trick
We're a nation blessed with freedoms
That the rest may never know
If we don't take up our crosses
We will reap the wrath we sow
So turn that TV off awhile
Make some time to pray
Dwell upon the things you've seen
And think on what to say
Lift up the needs of those you hurt
Lift up the world leaders too
It's just a day like all the rest
So try something that's new
Turn off that TV set and let
That coffee brew some more
It's time we make this day a day
Unlike the one before