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Universal Smog

I thought this was natural

Born within us

As children our minds are read

Instructions printed on a page, we figured;

Someone was there, with the medicine

Curing each desire, and whim

Leaving that realm

We realize,

To love one another, such a difficult task

To treat each other with respect

Easier to hide behind a plastic mask

To work hard in difficult times

Simpler to deceive and take another bite

Looking too hard

& Waiting too long

Grows tiresome

We ignore the red flags popping up left and right

We want it to be so right and so true

Blinding ourselves and blaming each other

We're never going to get what we want under such weather.

There's emptiness in our minds and vacancy in our hearts

The voids are parasites grasping for more and more nutrients

Neither are fulfilled and death is approaching

The heart is beating slow, the lungs are quivering in smoke and the mind is in a fog

Never to reach solace, lost in a universal smog.

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laurie-fisher
33 / F / American
Published
Oct 17, 2013
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