The Perspective We Are Passing On To the Younger Generation

The author is 20 years old

Society pressures us to the edge of insanity
And sadly along the way we lose our humanity
pushed by others to follow the strangling greed
so many of us blindly follow those that lead

The banks own our lives the moment we go into debt
on our tragic short time they have placed their bet
knowing we will be their slaves till the very end
they cleverly convince us it’s only a ‘hand’ they will lend

due to the speeding, mindless blur of modern life
we’re continuously kept in a state of internal strife
endlessly divided by the elite in their ivory towers
we long ago forgot to take the time to smell the flowers

We rush by the frozen faces lost in the snow
forgetting so easily of those forcefully kept below
ignoring the tragedy of the few trapped by cold
fear of the majority keeps us doing what were told

All my life I’ve spent traversing this concrete beat
silently worrying about my poor tired feet
Now, I don’t even know if I can go another mile
without waking up to someone with a smile

—
Rae Couch

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