Why do we take terrible atrocities so lightly these days
Like ****, ******, suicides, prejudices, abuse and bullying
Even if they have become a norm nowadays
Especially as they have become a norm nowadays

Plastered on the news daily
Turning away blind from these sufferings
Has made the evils stronger
Which is why they have become a norm these days

How many lives can we save if we care to notice
These crimes dancing before us

If you are a friend of  him,  you will really try to know
What things can make him happy,  or make his eyes glow
What makes him feel alive and let the joy flow
Things that could make his heartbeats stop or make them slow

If you are a friend of her,  you will try to find why
Her days have been so gloomy and you always see her cry
Why she struggles so much to see a brighter sky
And she's becoming bold when you knew that she was shy

If you are a friend of them,   you will try to understand
The things they need to have with decisions now at hand
It's really hard to grip when the remaining unbroken strand
Is the one that's not fitted to keep a sacred bond.

I’m not at all different
I’ve never made a difference

© Matthew Harlovic

Oh, you don't like who I am?
Excuse me for a minute
While I go make myself
A little more socially acceptable
Like another face in the crowd,
A symbol of what is and what isn't allowed
Now I'll be just like you
And you'll be just like me too
Perfection.

Bright and cavalier
You wring out your neck
With heavy hands

Show me a tongue without an anchor
Glistening eyes without glamour
Are you filled empty
With crowd mentality?

Your swell of bitter laughter
Is cruelty incandescent as fire