In a society where

IN A SOCIETY WHERE…

PART 1

You say I can’t think like that but it’s hard not to.

In a society where we are repeatedly left surrounded

By daily negativity, where we are stranded and trapped

In our own mental captivity.

How can we be sure that our dreams, ambitions

And aspirations are certain, when our leaders

Decide to sit and play dirty.

You know what forget about dreaming, how

Can we, when we live in constant fear of violence

And killing our reality, sadly we have reached a state of brutality.

Now I sit in my house and pray to God, I’m tired of

Putting on my TV to see blood

PART 2

You say I can’t think like that but it’s hard not to.

In a society where the integrity of a man is not

Considered, but instead his tribe, wealth and

Connection is what is required.

When a good man fails, we say oh well its

Because his father didn’t have much, when

Deep down we know it should not be such.

But he will sit in his house and days, weeks and

Months will go by, he remains still asking God

Why.

And his choices are no longer between good

And evil but between evil and invisible.

The thin line between good and evil is sadly

No longer visible.

PART 3

You say I can’t think like that that but it’s hard not to.

In a society where negativity is the lifestyle how

Can I be positive?

I’m young and the headlines make me extremely

Curious, racism, gun violence, poverty, man slaughter

These make me furious.

The pain of people is now seen in the eyes of others

As thrilling and intriguing, and I cry in silence because

This is just shocking and simply disheartening.

And people lose hope.

A mother will pull her child out of school because

She can no longer afford, reminding him that

Education takes you nowhere and connection moves

You forward.

We have come so far but gone nowhere, the pain is

Becoming harder to bare.

You can’t think like that, so tell me how then should

I think.

                                                                       kiish