The world is screwed
and we have front row seats.
Hurt shown to us in full HD.
The destruction and the insanity.
Distractions on TV
from what we need to see,
hide the truth behind fame and celebrity.
The world is askew
and we have the clearest view.
A cinema screen,
within a darkened room.
To witness the gloom,
the fear, the violence,
the impending doom,
then that final eerie silence.
The world is fucked.
We see it everyday,
a countdown on display.
Blinking down the time
until our final judgement day.
Mushroom clouds are on the way.
Ice will melt, seas bubble.
Price of food will start to double.
The world is being read its last rites.
Gun violence on the rise.
Pandemics ending lives.
Hunger games or real life?
Those with power see profits raise,
whilst we sit in food banks
tears falling from our eyes.
We watch them give themselves praise,
for breaking rules
that they themselves put in place.
The world is fucked
and we have front row seats
but all we will do
is watch it play through
our high definition TV screens.
Thanks for reading
Please take a look at my new collection "Torn Pages"
100+ all new poems not shared here before.
https://tinyurl.com/KCtornpages
No comments:
Post a Comment