AREN'T WE BETTER THAN THIS...

in #poetry7 years ago

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AREN'T WE BETTER THAN THIS...

Trusting in a hierarchy
that only serves its own
embracing the fallacy
we're better off alone

ignoring cold hard truth
to go shopping at the mall
blinded by the rhetoric
that separates us all

compassion is a weakness
empathy a chore --
dignity and honor
replaced by endless war

ignorant and selfish
with the foresight of a stone
accepting all our failures
with each injustice we condone

wiping out entire species
polluting the clean air --
poisoning our children
and no one seems to care

deceiving all we know
so quick to pass the buck
weaponized religion
is now armed with a truck

believing in a God
by raping sacred land
gouging on its resources
every last damn strand

dining on indulgence
while so many go without
quietly embarrassed --
ruled by fear and doubt

selfishness and greed
are defining who we are
exceeding all thats good
laughing from afar

praising thoughtless leaders
denying our true bliss
C'MON --
aren't we better than this...


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Amazing poem AREN'T WE BETTER THAN THIS surely we are !!!

Of course there are exceptions -- like yourself, Im sure...:))

Lol nothing like that just going with the flow of word's hahah :D

A wonderful poem and expressive words Thanks for sharing with us

Wow... Nice.. I love poem

Thanks... Appreciate it!

I don't know if anybody shops at malls anymore.

Im sure you're right.., but "shopping online" didn't work... :))

I think you're talented enough to make it work. Maybe not in this poem, but somewhere.

Great piece

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