They don’t trust a teacher
But they love a crooked preacher
Don’t like a scientist
But a corrupt politician
Gets their respect

If I could I would
Walk away from this world
Strip myself of flesh
Fly facing upwards
Soaring to and through
The beautiful cosmos
Because I am tired
Of the heartbreak
I would slide straight
Into a searing star
Allowing myself to be
Incinerated

Why
Because truths are debated
Not on their merit
But on the words of fanatics
Science is rejected
Madness is accepted
And from that weakness
Violence is encouraged

Let the sun destroy me
It would hurt less
Than to see the avoidable destruction
Of our withering society