Sadly Inspired By a Trip To The City,
A Place I Truly Hate Going These Days
“Science may have found cures
For many evils;
But it has found no remedy,
For the worst of them all:
The apathy of human beings.”
Helen Keller
Music: Road To Hell
As I wander this vast country of ours
My heart grows a bit sadder every day
We have become a ‘self absorbed’ people
And our apathy now grows in so many ways
We have become a nation of modern ‘lip service slogans’
We seem to think that our bumper stickers are all we need
We have cocooned ourselves into some sort of dream world
We are now consumed with our own welfare, and with greed
As I saunter down a congested, noisy, garbage riddled, city street
I see a yellow Hummer, with a fine ‘Support Our Troops’ Decal
The driver, very weary of fighting traffic, and late for an appointment
Almost runs down a homeless, one-armed vet, yelling “Get a Job, Pal!”
Next, I watch a self-absorbed parent, with a puppy and a young child
He’s upset they’re not rushing, so he forcefully yanks the dog’s chain
The puppy yelps in agony on his ‘Anti-Cruelty Society’ provided leash
And tears run down the boy’s face, his father oblivious to his son’s pain
And soon, I spot a mini-van, with a very colorful ‘Save Our Planet’ Decal
A mom is trying to discipline four children, who won’t eat their ‘Happy Meals’
As her frustration mounts, and her kids begin screaming at the top of their lungs
She tosses all of their soft drink cups out the window, and takes off with a squeal
As I pass an old park, one of my favorite childhood haunts, so many years ago
An old man on a park bench is upset that children are hurling rocks at pigeons
In his frustration, he flags down a policeman, in his ‘Serve and Protect’ vehicle
Who curtly says, “Don’t worry about it, old man; they’ll just keep doin it again.”
As I get back into my own vehicle, for the agonizing ‘rush hour’ trip home
I sadly realize how pitiful our modern day human condition has now become
And as I ponder what today’s children are learning from our adult ‘role models’
My hopes for our future weaken; my heart and soul, grow ever colder and numb
And our politicians today, are masters of ‘lip service slogans,’
Very carefully preparing them, for all those media sound bites;
Yet, they rarely take any action these days to make things better,
But how they love spouting lip service slogans, with such delight.
We have evolved into modern beings with ‘lip service lives,’
We seem to think that our bumper stickers, are all we need;
We have cocooned ourselves into some sort of dream world;
We are now consumed with our own welfare, and with greed.
©2008, Mr. Ed
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In Re Georg's comment below - Service? Have you checked your Anal Sphincter lately?
That's our government's and politicians' service - REAMING !
Peace - Tom.
Newfie Hugs, Rose
Fee
Be always safe,
Karen
Instead of looking at each catastrophie as overwhelming, why couldn't we, humans, just try doing one little thing and working on whatever it is, until it's done, then move on to another challlenge, I think it would be more effective everytime we swung the bat to have consistently hit singles and causing change, then to try to hit home runs every time we get up to bat.
Excellent write, keep them coming.
Cheers,
Dan
Love Tinky
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :( >tears! <
I hope that your heart never grows too cold or numb because if you/ me do we'll become just as greedy and self-obsorbed as the rest.
Anyone who would yell to a war vet, “Get a Job, Pal!” has no heart!
God Bless Ed, Holly
Appreciate ALL your efforts by writing these poems, Ed...
Blessings and Love - Micke
Often I hear someone say, "I don't give a damn what anybody thinks." That is a disease initself. When we stop caring what others think, we stop having respect for others, and we eventually lose respect for ourselves--and our actions show it--and are passed on to the children.
Smoking is a sore thing with me cause Tom killed himself by excessively smoking. All peoples need to find God and try to live accordingly. He will help them in their habits if they only pray for him to do good with them. Our schools aren't the same anymore either, not safe at all, with guns, knives and whatever. I could go on and on but will stop here. God help us, we surely do need it.
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. *tears*
Georg