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even nothing will decay

by fairly-aggressive-hippie

What devils have we sold our souls to? What mindless thing controls our actions as we walk around Feigning ignorance Uneducated and afraid to step out of line. Why do I have to say the right thing all the time? Why can’t I for once say that this country isn’t fine? This world isn’t fine. And still we allow it to waste away to nothing til even nothing will decay. But no it’s all in our heads they whisper, laughing through their solemn nods; But no how could it be real they say, knowing that despite the odds And the proof against them we will believe because we want to. The monsters can’t see us if we can’t see them. This isn’t a stage where we wait in the wings and if we can see the audience they can see us and it’s all just a play And it’s all just a farce. Well I guess that’s true enough. And how I wish I could laugh, but I am far too angry at the situation to be able to make light of the horrible plague that we are to ourselves. If we respected anything perhaps we would survive, but alas we hate ourselves as much as we hate each other. We are a species of suicidal tendencies Killing each other and with each blow we kill ourselves. We waste away to nothing til even nothing will decay. But we smile and pretend to not smell the rotting flesh that is our own; We feign ignorance because it’s all we have known. People say I’m unpatriotic. But how can I be proud of my country and its people When even humanity itself offends me? When even I myself Offend me?
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Written by
fairly-aggressive-hippie
20 / F
Published
Feb 7, 2016
Time
2m
Notes

Honestly, this is less of a poem and more of a rant about how bothered I am with so much of society ignoring how we are destroying our planet and each other. I know it's different than a lot of the other stuff I've been posting, so just bear with me guys.

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#war#peace#anger#ignorance#green#humanity#earth#politics#rant#pretense
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