Shed a tear,
for the TV you do not own,
That's bigger
than the other four.
Shed a tear
while you devour steak
and cry about it
coz it's not fast -
While poverty stricken homes,
dry-cough themselves to sleep.
Shed a tear for
that girl you can't have,
while orphans stand strong against
the cruel lashing tongues and
hands of our world.
Shed a tear for the death
of your favourite cartoon,
While diseases and war
strip the earth of millions
in the same moment.
Shed a tear for yourself,
as you vomit the food
that you took from more deserving people;
as you cut away the pain
that other people feel tenfold,
but fight the urge
to be such a f*ckin wuss,
as you.
Shed a tear
as you throw a tantrum
about how small your plastic world is
so you build it up with more
falseness,
more lies,
more promises
unfulfillable...
as the earth weeps
for the sunshine that
once enwrapped
humanity.
Author notes
This is not meant to offend anyone who doesn't deserve it. This is to jam it up the faces of them that mope for no freakin reason.
For thems that mope or... do any of the above for reason, again, I apologise.
I don't know why this take came to me, but I rather enjoyed it, and I hope it's alright... I suppose you may have been after something romantic; if so, I do apologise for disappointing you.
Thanks again! And I hope you find the poems you're looking for...
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A contest entry
- Picture Inspiration #9 by Laura Lamarca.
550 points, ended November 16, 2007, 13 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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The idea has been expressed a thousand times, yet every time reality slaps us right over the face. Seriously fae, can't possibly crtique you, because I felt every word.
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