Foreword:
After sharing a poem I wrote with my little sister, I’m now ready to post some of my own work. This poem is dedicated to @greennomad61, one of the few people I know who truly understands how important health is. It’s amazing how quickly we tend to forget about the things that are most important…
My poem:
Streets full again, masks tossed away
Learned nothing, just back to our old ways
Pandemic’s ghost still lingers, unseen
Yet here we are, acting like it’s all peachy keen
Doomsayers we mocked now seem kinda wise
As we ignore how our world slowly dies
Climate chaos looms, but we don’t really care
Too busy with stuff that won’t matter next year
Leaders lie through their teeth, preach progress
While everything around us is one big mess
Swapped masks for rose-colored glasses, so neat
Blind to our future crumbling at our feet
Nature tried to teach us, harsh but fair
We ignored it, year after goddamn year
Rush back to normal, that comfy old hell
Can’t even hear our own warning bell
Greed still rules in labs and ivory towers
Profit over people, at all hours
We’ve learned to fear but not much more
Just out for ourselves, that’s what we’re for
Next disaster is waiting, probably near
We’ll act all shocked, maybe shed a tear
Surprised when it hits us right in the face
Like we’re new to this whole human race
Walls keep rising, compassion is taking a dive
Each for themselves, barely staying alive
Unity was a dream that didn’t quite stick
Now we’re all alone, and sinking real quick
Doomsday clock is ticking, but who even cares?
Hope is fading fast with the passing years
Had our chance to change, to fix our fate
Instead we chose to seal it – checkmate
Stuck on repeat, same old song and dance
Making mistakes, never giving change a chance
No hero is coming, no lesson is getting learned
While our tomorrow is slowly getting burned
Waiting for the next big slap in the face
To knock us down a peg, put us in our place
Maybe then we’ll finally get it right?
Yeah, right. We ain’t that bright.
