my ramblings about society

the daily routine

i sit
i stare
i listen
i think
whispered conversations
passing over my head
a word snatched here
a sentence there
i hear my name again
i know what that means
i get up and leave
i wander aimlessly for a while
my thoughts further torture in my solitude
stupidly, i feel safe to return
i enter and they
stop
what now?
i sit
and sink back into the solitude

innocent eyes

you're young

that youth i have lost

although i am youg myself

my mind is already poisened

they can't erase that

some say you're niave

i know that's not true

you are more understanding

than most my age

you see the world through your

innocent eyes

yet with a wise mind

those who have the power to create...

...also have the right to destroy

this is true, they all say so
if it's true - then how
when man doesn't create man
why should he kill him?
but does this mean a father 
could break his son?
the world we live in
is a sick one
only we can cure it
what are we leaving for our children?
a world of hatred
a world of prejudice
a world diseased
a world perverted
who will clense our world?

rain

the drum drum of the rain

the drip drip of my tears

which is the echo?

the rain i fear

i have been deeply hurt

by the world and individuals

they took my trust

made a mockery of it

now they are trying to spit it back

the drum drum of the rain

consoled me in my solitude

they ask how i can be lonely

they should try to live my life

they should try to live my life

they corrupted my life

they can't rectify it

peace is near

a cople of years ago
you had no idea this would come
but now it has come and as it leaves
you know that you'll lave with it
then again, a couple of years ago
it wasn't so common...
well
those prejudiced leaders 
hushed it up
now you're hated for it
it was out of your control
but there's no escape
they talk of cure
what kind of joke is that?
to raise you're hopes in vain
who's laughing?
but now, after all the fights
after they shouted at the marks on your face
those do-good politicians, they said no-one would know
but the marks....
they all know what the marks are
there's no denying it
persecuted for what you have yet to become
as if you're not in enough pain, they multiply
after all this, the simple
rise and fall
of your chest
is an effort


rest now


peace 
is 
near
s l e e p
s  o  f  t  l  y

copyright 1999, mandy



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