Wednesday, August 5, 1998

Wicked World

THE RICH BECOME RICHER.
THE POOR BECOME POORER.
FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS,
STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE.
POVERTY, STARVATION,
HUNGRY MOUTHS LEFT UN-FED.
ILLNESSES, DISEASES,
SO FEW CURES.
HOMELESS, HUNGRY,
AND SICK
SUFFER LIVING
ON THE STREETS.


ARGUMENTS BEGIN.
FIGHTS START.
HATE STRIVES.
WARS BREAK OUT.
WEAPONS USED.
INNOCENT PEOPLE,
FRIGHTENED CHILDREN
INJURED AND KILLED.
BY MISTAKE OR NOT,
CRIMES AND MURDERS
ARE COMMITTED.


CHILD ABUSE.
ABANDONMENT.
RAPE. NEGLECT.
SICK, TWISTED PEOPLE
HURT OTHERS IN
SO MANY WAYS.
CHILDREN BEAT,
LEFT ALONE TO
FEND FOR THEMSELVES.
SCARRED FOR LIFE
BOTH MENTALLY
AND PHYSICALLY.
THESE VICTIMS
TOO TERRIFIED,
EMBARRASSED,
AND ASHAMED
TO TELL A SOUL.
JUSTICE IS WITHHELD.


CHILD, TEEN, OR ADULT,
VICTIM OR CRIMINAL,
WE ARE ALL PART OF IT.
PART OF THIS CRUEL,
VICIOUS WORLD.
PAIN, AGONY, ANGER,
HATRED, MISERY, AND
DEPRIVATION.
THIS BRUTAL HELL HOLE
IS FULL OF PROBLEMS.


THE SAY HELL IS
THE WORLD BELOW,
THERE TO PUNISH
US FOR OUR SINS.
I SAY WE’VE CREATED
OUR OWN CHAOTIC
HELL HERE ON EARTH.
NOW WE MUST STAY
TO LIVE IT UNTIL WE
DIE AND ARE SET
FREE!