My Poetry- '98-99, Freshman Year College :)
Compassion,
Should be the greates virtue in society,
Loving, selflessness,
Giving and helping other human beings,
As well as our loving Earth who has given us
her wonderful land,
The air we breathe,
And the lovely tress which transform fiery red orange and yello in the cool autumn,
Yes,
We should concentrate more on loving all of our loving human beings,
Give,
Not earn,
Or take,
Love,
Not ignore,
Steeped in indifference,
A horrible seperator of human beings
Is that disgusting green paper,
Yes,
It causes human beings to become selfish,
Shut out other loving human beings,
To only think of oneself,
To rationalize in not assisting the lives of hunman beings,
Not in seeing "here, I have a lot, and you, only
a little; here, you can have some. See, now we all
have some",
But in saying "Here, I've made my hard-earned
money on my own, no, you can't have any,
So go earn it yourself you terribley lazy, unfortunate person",
No,
Why can't we have love?
Not hate, or indifference,
Love,
Fool.
Yeah!!
I exist on the other side,
The side many humans in society do not see,
Many, many people are in their tight, metal,
fast-moving vehicles,
Zipping by here and there,
I, myself,
Stand where many do not,
Or the sidewalk
Of a busy street
Many people do no know
Of what dangerous and harmful fumes their cars,
And therefore themselves,
Let off into the once-pure air,
And now here I stand and walk,
Through air contaminated with all the
poisonous and terrible fumes,
Thinking back to times and places
Where I breathed crisp, windy, fresh air,
And now I look up,
On the hard, grey, rough-looking cement
I stand on,
The hateful look of the dark pavement
covering the Earth,
Buildings,
Brick buildings everywhere,
Where are the trees?
Some here,
Some there,
But not many,
And I stant there in horror,
In amazement,
In how people can ride in such vehicles
And carry on that way,
Wihtout thought,
Without hesitation,
Without questioning,
Why do and should I ride in this automobile?
Cars, and their fumes ruin the Earth,
Destroys the air,
Contaminates our home,
Our Earth,
Why?
Why do you do this?
You don't have to do this,
Don't just do this without thinking,
Actually think before you act,
And if you think,
You will realize,
What we're doing
Is not right.
