we tend to focus so much on the little things
often forgetting the impact the larger issue brings

why do we not question
what matters the most
but only the insignificant, the judgemental,
why do we indulge in these things, at a lethal dose?

do we ever really think about
why and what we are doing
how and where we are going?

we are already trapped
in our own $elf de$truction
giving value to a piece of paper, wrapped,
in shiny ******* plastic, our own insatiable creation.  

but one may not notice
until they try to find a way out,
that freedom that they had?--it was bogus, hopeless without a doubt,
and this is sadly something that I often find myself frowning about.