saving the world

she loved
to march.
save the whales.
abort
the babies.
stop cancer
now. peace.
no war.
free speech,
equal rights
for straights
and gays.
she had all
the ribbons,
all the t-shirts.
animal rights,
oil soaked
penquins,
the elephants
and hummingbirds
and she marched
for everything
and everyone.
mile after mile,
disease
after disease.
her children
and her husband
gave up
eventually
on where
she was on
any given day.
she was saving
the world, but
had no world of
her own.