Death Toll

Human life is worth
nothing
until it's gone.

Then,
the world cares,
the world gives,
the world grieves.

Nothing is done
unless it's gone.

Then,
the world prays,
the world watches,
the world works;

anything to put
it back together

again.

Blind until broken.
Vain until vulnerable.

That's them,
that's you,
that's me.

[ SJM ]