extinction

by Alexis D. - Virgo

am i really so delusional?
are my thoughts and ideas
really so complex that 
they become next to impossible?

am i really alone in this?

i mean, the process would
be simple with little thought
or effort.
and yes,  there might be some 
money 
involved...

yeah... you see...i hesitate to go 
forward from here
realizing the word ‘money’
well, it’s a show stopper

because that’s really  where
the truth lies isn’t it?

but you see...
i have to travel down streets
everyday and see veterans 
standing on street corners
begging for money 
lying to get money, 
because that’s the only way most
will ‘donate’ to them
even though, we all know the
money’s not for food or medicine

it’s for the drug of 
their choice.

the one that makes
them forget they have to 
beg us for money
and watch us drive by
ignoring  the horrors 
they have seen.

we are the generation 
of fast food, quickie lubes,
one hour this and one
hour that.

we have momentary purposes,
a need for quick resolution
and once sated, 
we discard
and we have learned to 
desensitize ourselves 
to the point it has become
the natural way of life 
and we don’t even realize
we’re doing it.

we allow this.

there are children
living on the streets, 
suffering abuse and
seeing things worse
than any veteran.

there are people
who actually have
decided they will
never have children
because ‘this world
has become such
a bad place.’

read that again.
think about that.

we are allowing this.
we are allowing this.

i mean, the process would
be simple with little thought
or effort.

they say it’s a dog eat dog 
world – survival of the
fittest – they’ve forgotten...

we are not animals
we evolved from that
learned to overcome
we’re just forgetting.

we are allowing this.
we are allowing this.

the process would
be really simple with
little thought or 
effort.

remember your human.
Birth sign: Virgo
Date created: 2005-08-26 06:34:25
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:52
Poem ID: 70897

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