Busy Busy Busy

Everyone is so busy

Adults work 9 to 5

to 6, to 7

Sometimes even to 11

just so they don't have to come home

and deal with their problems.

Parents smother emotion out of their children,

too occupied to listen

young minds soon believe they aren't allowed to cry.

Smile and wave before the curtain drops

Aren't families the best show?

Straighten up little Johnny,

forget how your dad's hands wandered last night.

Fix your dress little Susie,

the makeup covering the scars on your arms is showing.

Smile for the camera~!

In an age where parents hit first and ask questions later,

you aren't so abnormal.

Just pretend everything's o.k.,

why confront your issues and become a better person,

when you can let the current drag you into eternal numbness?

We pass around emotional scars like we are passing the cup of communion,

So eager to share a bowl full of lies.

Everyone is welcome!

(except athiests, gays, pro-choicers, liberals, wiccans, trannies, or anyone else we don't agree with)

But everyone is welcome!

Don't worry!

actions don't have consequences

except when they do

but you're special!

It won't happen to you!

Everyone wants to talk

and nobody wants to listen.

They don't realize

you have to listen

to be heard.

But to most,

empathy is just an empty word.

We are a generation of bullies

most lack even the most elementary vocabulary to describe things that are different,

or things they don't like

a vocabulary restricted to

"retarded" "faggot" "gay" "nigger" and "no homo"

And if they happen to be called out,

it's the funniest reply

either "I have nothing against those people"

or

"I have friends like that, so it's o.k."

Excuse me?

If you cared the least bit about the people mentioned,

you wouldn't use words that contributed to segregation.

But you won't take the time to change it

too busy

Hilarious how I've easily avoided saying those idiotic phrases, but you are

too busy

One word can push someone over the edge

too busy

it doesn't matter how you mean it

too busy

little Johnny hung himself last night

too busy

little Susie came back to school with a gun

too busy

t o o b u s y

T O O B U S Y

S T O P .

One minute could make someone smile

One hour could save someone's life

One day could make dreams come true

the only question left to ask, is...

are you too busy?