Hidden in the words spoken aloud for all to hear
Are the messages of the few that go undetected
By the majority and unheeded by the restless.
Warnings of peril and pain
Are ignored and tossed aside
As useless or unimportant.
Another generation without a care,
Our heads in the clouds while
Hearts stop beating around us.
The tales of prophets of old
Flash through our minds as we press on,
Never ceasing nor slowing our endless march.
Stories of new horrors reach our ears
And give us strength in our anger
As our righteous crusades continue.
The darkness that surrounds our lives
Seeps into our hearts and minds,
And we fight against ourselves time and time again.
Despairing thoughts caress our souls,
Showing us what we have yet to achieve
And leaving us in a state of hopeless division.
We misunderstand the truth and each other
In favor of keeping our selfish ideals
And clinging to the singularity of our visions.
The divorce of the mind and body follow,
Prevail against a union of thought,
Causing a rift in society too large to fix.
We have watched our rising and our triumph,
Watched weakness rooted out to ensure a domination
That will be our downfall.
There is no one left to compromise,
Individuals seek control and transcendence
For them and their own.
Civilization and the dignity of our humanity
Crumble around us in the wake
Of destructive and unrelenting judgments.
Perception and reason abandon us,
Watching from afar as we destroy life
Without realizing our predicament.
We have strayed too far from the truth
To recover the peace that we seek
In this, our doomed and wretched society.
About the Creator
Anna J
just a kid who loves to write
~why do we measure our success with someone else’s ruler?~
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