Society Today

Complain and despair
You make ten dollars an hour
Toss away your new clothes
Because it isn't in style
Throw out your meal
You didn't really want it
Say you life is hell
You can't go to that concert
How oblivious you are
To what suffering actually is

Hungry and dehydrated
With only a dollar a day
We work them to the bone
So we can wear cheaper clothes
Sick and dying of disease
As there is nothing to help them live
Suffering each day in vain
They slowly disappear
Their lives are meaningless
We ignore their deaths

We say we give too much
We say we need it more
As we sit in front of our flat screens
Eating more and more
Our contributions are meaningless
They never really help
All we do is give little
Expecting much more in return
It would be insane to give a thing
Without receiving anything for our 'efforts'

We sit comfortably at home
Wishing our houses were much bigger
Yet many have no shelter
No protection from the storms
We destroy their countries
For the sake of our own
We wish we could ignore them
We hate those sad commercials
The ones that remind us
That our lives could be so much worse

Each day someone dies
And a child is left alone
For reasons that could be prevented
For causes that should not exist
We live our lives in ignorance
And pretend that we don't see
The true horrors that exist around us
The lives we destroy each day
Our greed is more important
Then the lives we leave behind

We can say that we do care
That in some way we assist
Yet we go on wearing our cheap sweaters
Hoarding food we do not need
We continue to skip donations
We continue to change the channel
Our rants on life continue
Yet we never truly see
That our lives are secure and free
Because of the sacrifice of others

So remember who made your clothing
The bleeding hands of slaves
Remember those who are starving
When you waste each meal you make
Remember who could need your spare change
When you toss it to the streets
Remember who lies dying
While you complain that life is unfair
Remember those who suffer

And most of all remember, our lives truly aren't that bad
At least we have our freedom, good food and a place to stay
At least we have our lives, lives that we choose to scorn
While millions suffer each day, wishing that just once someone cared
Wishing that just once, they could have what we have
Live the lives that we take for granted.