The trouble of we

I'm finding it disturbing
all the chronically ill
I'm seeing things, unnerving
they bring with them a chill

when I see all these people
with hospital bags
of saline
running through their veins

I think; what in Gods' name
is causing such a thing ...

and there's many more pining
out in the rain
and there's many begging doctors
to acknowledge their pain ...

it's a dangerous game
in this archaic system
objectivity is scarce
and this bares many a victim

unbiased research
is afar and a tease
and will only draw nearer
when millions scream:
"Please!!!"

and they'll scream
and they'll scream
and how many will fall
before the greedy redeem
and respond to the calls

as of today
if with rare disease you're ill
mainstream science is behind
and, unless rich, you'll be in danger still

unless you buy you're way out
to safety, via the newest of things
that are currently only accessible
to the kings and the queens

so some mortgage their houses
and get into debt
or they perish in numbers
and the dirty truth is swept

the very nature of
this environmental disease
I feel it holds the key
of what is the really

if this truth were to be set free
it would expose
reality
and the state
of the earth
and in so
the trouble
of We

S. Rose Ashcraft, Castle in the Shadows (poetry anthology 2, coming September 2020)