Ballad of Misery and Hope

Cherry

By smokejack

Thu, 27 Oct 2022
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The human race with its gullible face

Has finally opened its eyes

We believed what politicians told us all

Despite the suspicion of lies

 

The human race with its puzzled face

No longer knows who to trust

We all dreamed of a shiny bright future

But all we got was vapour and rust

 

The human race with its too late face

Is wondering who to blame

For the destruction of this earth

Even though we all played the game

 

The human race with its angry face

Are hanging from a rope

Mistakes were made the rich got paid

And the world burnt all its hope

 

© JMN2022

 

Certificate U
Poem
Philosophy
Nature

Comments

Submitted by celticman on

I guess we're all of those things. I am. 

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

yes. Blockbuster films are so interesting, there has to be a villain, and the goodies have to DO SOMETHING BRAVE  to stop the world being destroyed. But in reality it is us wanting more than we need, a trait which has always been encouraged, that is the problem -  We just need to STOP DOING STUFF, but no one can make that out to be heroic. Economic growth, the thing Prime Ministers claim will fix everything, is what will finish us all off.

Your poem says this in a much easier to get way!