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Lance McDonald Nov 2016
Life is easy
Society is hard
So many complicating rules
What and what not to do
While being treated like tools

Education viewed as important
But priced as a luxury
The higher your IQ
The more your laughed at
Being ignorant is the new wise
Punished for exposing lies
Was my childhood a lie?
Was I being told lies this long?
If so, then jail me now
Because I’ll expose it all.
Society is hard

People are rewarded for lies
Money handed to them on a silver platter
They will do anything for that
Meaningless thing to give their lives meaning
But the richest ones we see are on the streets
The ones that we ignore
They don’t dress the part, but they can show it
In their smile, in their actions
They are rich in the soul, which is the greatest treasure

You tell me to be myself
But then you laugh at me for doing so
Then laugh at me more for hitting my all-time low

Do this, do that
Follow this, follow that
But I can’t follow this if I do that,
But if I don’t follow this, I’ll be hated
Or killed
And if I do this, I’ll be hated for doing it
And if I follow that, I’ll be hated for following that
Society is hard

Being good leads you to the streets
Showing kindness is looked down upon
Education leads to bankruptcy
Intelligence is shunned
While nice finishes last, the cheaters have already won

I’ve been told that this is the life we live
That society is life
A human being is not meant to live this hell
Life and this society do not go well
So much death
So much destruction
At this rate, there won’t be anything left

There is no need for any of this
The river of life has been manipulated and torn
To the point no fish can swim

We must fix it
Not by fixing society
But ourselves,
These are our lives, our river

Do what you feel is right
Work together, make compromises
Go with the flow

And some of you may think, you don’t
Need change
But that just shows how closed your river is

Open your river to change
We can fix this life and we can do it
One river at a time
Lance McDonald Jun 2016
Anger and sadness
A deadly combination
Let the smile through
Lance McDonald Mar 2016
Green is her clothing
Pure to the soul, heart of gold
Giving is her thing
Lance McDonald Mar 2016
You win some,
You lose some
That’s how life works
Even though it hurts
Always a ****** road
Tends to get old
But we have to walk
No matter how much it hurts

That man found out
When that angel stole his heart
And boy, were they never too far apart

Until the lights of love faded,
And never came back.

She flew off, without a word
Not even a cough
Leaving that carcass of a man behind

No heartbeat, no soul
He begins to grow mold.
Curled up
The Earth takes the lifeless shell
Buried six feet in soil
He is still loyal

Before too long, he becomes the Earth
And sprouts something of great worth

A pink rose bud breaks through
Opens up with the man all good
As he opens his eyes,
The angel still on his mind
Takes a big yawn
And keeps walking on…
Lance McDonald Mar 2016
Light with darkness
Darkness with light
They both got their backs
Nothing gives them a fright.
Lance McDonald Feb 2016
Oh, the silent night!
Still full of life!
No grasshoppers chirping,
Yet something is lurking.
The wind is not is not blowing,
But something is still flowing.
No matter how silent the night may be,
It's still lively to me.
Lance McDonald Feb 2016
Your life is your song
Sing it before you're gone
Your voice needs to be heard
Being silent, just absurd.
Your life, your paper
Your thoughts, your notes
Your actions, your voice

Treble or Bass?
That is the case.
Follow your own melody
Follow it gently.
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