2012 in consideration of the new year dawning Up for it early when we're done yawning Watching world news as it tells us of sorrow Of humanities struggles In lands far away Tragedy's drop us into an abyss The brutality of soldiers Filming themselves Inflicting a flick of their wrists On the once loyal and faithful The teachers stop teaching When they are dead. Despite this reminder of a world upside down. Of the problems and issues that stick in our sighs I see a future that is just like the past As we spin in the heavens the cosmos so vast We will keep on hurting and killing each other Children will die As will their fathers and their brave brothers When all the mourning has died and all the dropping tears have dried The world keeps on turning Life keeps on running Brutality Suffering As well as the love that implores hearts to beat The strength that drives the courage that thrives Don't let the bastards get you down.