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We have traveled to this life,
More clues, to discover our soul,
Also, to make the human being,
Smarter, wiser, in this earthly roll.
People complain, global warming,
Pollutions, experiments, at a fast pace,
In schools, computers, teaching children,
Not to think, will that better, the human race.
The important virtues, Love, trust, caring...,
That helped, bring our society
To these modern times,
Lost today,
They are priceless,
It seems today, no one cares,
Unless something has,
A large dollar sign, that stares.
                                                         ­                                 
The Original Tom Maxwell © 10/24/21 AD  8:00 am
I S A A C Oct 2021
my heart beats for love, my beast to overcome
to not look outside myself, no longer divide myself
send kisses to above, but on earth, I succumb
Your body like cheap motels, perfumed  idealistic summer tales
follow me into the season of orange
carve a smile in my face like a pumpkin
trying to keep the spark alive is redundant
who could’ve done it, I wasn’t
I didn’t look below before I jumped in
now I am swimming in all my presumptions
it was gold like a nugget, till it wasn’t
knew I could do better If I focussed on the constant
which is me and all my little flaws, if you could see behind all the walls
serpentine to carve my body from clay
morph and transform is all I know
my new metamorphosis awaits
Steve Page Oct 2021
we don't get
that many things
to really care about

Maybe 3
Maybe 4
Maybe less

You made the right choice

there's nothing here
there's really nothing here

and that's pretty much it
Prompted by a movie, Pig.
Big Virge Sep 2021
What’s The Good of VALUES...
If They Can Just Be ABUSED...
And Be Changed Like A Tune...
Where The Bass Line Moves... ?!?

Because Values Today...
Really Leave Me Confused...
When They're Prone To Sway...
Like A Drunken Old Dude... !!!

It’s A Strange Thing To See...
How Human Values Can Be...
Subject To Change...
Like A Weather Vain... !!!

Changing With The Wind...
Before An Eye Can Blink... !!!

An INCREDIBLE Thing... !!!

When Values Switch...
Like A Batter Who Hits... !!!

Switch Hitting The Visions...
of... Values Forbidden...
In Old Scriptures Written...
That Are Linked To Religion...

Are Their Values Now GONE...
And Suddenly MISSING... ?!?

Now That Gender Belongs...
In Some Different Positions... ?!?

Where Young Men And Women...
Change From Their Beginnings...

Are Their Values Restrictive...
When It Comes To Young Children... ?!?

Are Family Values Now Under THREAT... ?!?

Because It’s Clear Some Reject...
The Idea of Parents...
Being of The SAME ***...

Can We So Quickly Forget...
The Values Once Set...
As Being Those Best...
For Our Development... ?!?

Who Constructed Them...
And Got To Select...
What Values We Hold...
And Choose To Keep Close... ?!?

Because Whoever It Was...
Seems To Have Gotten Lost...
And Lost The Plot of Right And Wrong...
And Keeping Them Strong...

That’s Right... VALUES...
Cos’ They Now Confuse... ?!?

And Seem To Be Weak...
Just Like All These Vaccines...
Or Do They Have Values...
That STAND STRONG Like Statues... ?!?

Do They Value Life...
And Give Us Protection...
From Viral Infections... ?!?

Are The Values PRECISE...
of These Big Pharma Guys...
When It Comes To Our Lives... ?!?

Or Is It The PRICE...
of What They Provide...
That They Value MORE...
Than Finding A Cure... ?!?

Do They Value PROFIT...
More Than Curing The Sick... ?!?

A Question That Deserves...
An Answer That Serves...
To Calm People’s Nerves...
In This Corona World...

Do We Value The TRUTH...
When It’s Found To Have Proof... ?!?

Or Still Value The News...
From Mainstream Groups... ???

In These Days And Times...
Do People Value Lies...
More Than Where The TRUTH Lies... ?!?

That’s A Line That I Like...
So I'll Drop It TWICE  ... !!!

In These Days And Times...
Do People Value LIES...
MORE Than Where The TRUTH Lies... ?!?

Do People Value Lines...
That DEEP THINKERS Write... ?!?

Or Prefer To Believe...
In LIARS... Fallacies...
And Thoughts of Fantasy...
That AREN’T REALITY... !!!

Do People Value Each Other...
Regardless of Colour... ?!?

Or Just Say Polite Things...
That Just Value LYING... ?!?

Which Is A Value That STINGS...
And Clearly STILL Lives...

The Value That ALLOWS...
People To Be Racist... !!!

Can Someone Explain How...
This Value ISN’T... EXTINCT... ?!?
When Folks Can Now Change...
MUCH MORE Than Their Name... !!!

Values Now Seem Strange...
And Have Now Rearranged...
Much of What They Once CLAIMED... !!!

To Be Things of WORTH...
That We Should Observe...
And Not Just Twist...
Like Tornado Winds... !!!

Because They’re...
DANGEROUS Things...
To Be... Messing With... !!!

When It Comes To Young Kids...
And What They’re Bred To Think....

Values COMPROMISED...
Can DESTROY Young Minds... !!!

From Their Family Life...
Right To Their Nine To Fives...

So Elders Need To Be Wise...
And To Recognise...

That To Value Money...
Over Our Lives...

Is A DANGEROUS Path... !!!

And That We Shouldn’t Embark...
On A Value System...
Where Nature Is Driven...
... Into The DARK... !!!

Because It CREATES...
Our... Human Race...
And Can’t Be Displaced...
Or Removed Like Waste... !!!

We Cannot Continue...
To Devalue The TRUTH... !!!

Because Only A FOOL...
Would Choose That Route...
And Forsake The Old Rule...

What’s Good For The Goose...
And For... HUMANS TOO...

Is To Stick To The TRUTH...!!!

Because In My View...
It Should TOP The List...

of What We Choose To.....

....... “ Value “.......
They do seem to be changing in some rather different ways.....
Sarah Robinson Sep 2021
Sometimes I think of selling pictures of my feet online
Then
I immediately think of the state of my feet;
The state of me.
After conforming to your dress code of black dress shoes and shattered dreams For 11 long years.
For 11 long years
I sat in rows of grey white and black
Perfectly poised in the presence of our educators
Our guardians
Our wardens.
If we deigned to relax,
Laugh,
Breathe,
They would find more to give and give and give
Until we became nothing but frayed nerves
And therapy bills
That should be addressed to our parents
And then I think
I can’t sell pictures of my feet online,
How could I correctly value them
If I don’t correctly value myself?
Steve Page Sep 2021
I am
shoved down, safe in the dark
waiting until I’m needed, wanted

I know
I’ll be looked after
- in a pocket
- in a wallet
- in a drawer

in a sock drawer, where it’s soft
and warm
and dark
until I’m needed, wanted

I know
I’m valued
values are warped sometimes
Daniel Pokorny Jun 2021
Gotta spend money to enjoy the things i like in this world,
it's the sad fact of life now-adays, gotta have money so you can enjoy things due to the greed that has been created by man, superficial value is praised more among-st the mortals of Earth and people will do nearly anything in order to gain it, from robbing a convince store, to giving their body and soul to a company. A greed created through generations upon generations from the original foundation of being able to have a common way of trading, but now a thing that consumes the minds of many,
I know this fact, and yet I pursue monetary gain in order to enjoy the time with friends and the time I have by myself, but I must keep in mind these facts and not allow myself to be swallowed in despair and fear for the future that will be created  by this form of greed. Depression, anxiety, and fear created from this greed is a bottomless black hole that swallows many in my generation, most with the thoughts that there is no-way out nor a way for them to properly gain this within an instant, therefore demand immediate change to this, but without the after-thought of the affects, yes inflation will occur more-so now than in the past 30 years, but the fact that it will impact many of the small business and those who support them, in the end these small business will be swallowed up by the darkness of greed and will be forced to sell out to the larger and less competent corporations. Once again starting the despair in other generations, and re-starting the path of greed from monetary value.
I am so sorry, I just started typing and didn't think about it
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