We believed you were right
Till we realized you defined the world differently when you were raising us

You told us people were kind
Tyranny in hopeless lands, breathing gunfire, ****** sands
You told us we were to share
Trump their own towers paying jets via children’s hunger  
You told us people cared
We walk by wailing TV screens of Armageddon,
While diamond buttons hurt our pretty fingers

If we’re wrong,
Then why are our
Mothers and fathers
Brothers and sisters
Friends and family
Still being tortured????!

Morning alarms wake us up,
While her eyes no longer see the world,
Showering for hours,
While his last breath barely reaches the river bank,
Powder our faces,
While her skin bleeds pain even embers can’t numb,
Worry over choosing the right restaurant,
While his bones are ripped like the fish nailed to ramen boards

You tell us power is success,
Once, you taught us to care
That money is everything,
Used to tell us to be kind
All of us tryna outdo each other
Told us we had to learn to share

If the world was as loving as it was when we were younger,
Then why do you watch
While humanity burns alive
Painting its blood all over our news reports

You worry anxiety could ****,
Then why doesn’t the killing make you anxious?

We’re not telling you to stop buying your Ferraris,
Or lavishing at million dollar parties,

All we’re saying is, when there are millions out there dying,
Get off your fat arses and
PLEASE - ******* – CARE

Nov 2019