If money was the answer, <br />To having that spice of life enriched. <br />Why do many who have 'everything'. <br />Decide there's nothing to live for... <br />Commit suicide? <br />As if God abides. <br />And the emptiness that is felt... <br />From within so many, <br />They successfully hide. <br /> <br />And the poor are despised! <br />For having hunger and homelessness, <br />On their side. <br />And teased by TV advertisements... <br />With infested garbage, decadence and lies. <br /> <br />The rich make claims to have all of it! <br />Success, yachts and homes with many rooms... <br />With no one in them to visit or sit. <br />While taking trips out of the minds. <br />And paying exorbitant fees to 'experts'... <br />To help them find time to waste. <br />Since they have developed an acquired, <br />An expensive taste... <br />To waste and waste! <br /> <br />Most of them pigs. <br />And have little attraction for hygiene. <br />Step inside the world of these creatures... <br />Few display discipline. <br />Even fewer will be seen as clean. <br />Those butts don't get washed. <br />Too many are seeking to impress... <br />Attending parties, premieres or drinking, <br />At exclusive bars. <br />Getting drugged and delusioned, <br />By wicked images! <br /> <br />Observe them nervously fidget, <br />As they make claims to have it ALL. <br /> <br />'Government and tax free? ' <br /> <br />If money was the answer, <br />To having that spice of life enriched. <br />Why do many who have 'everything'. <br />Decide there's nothing to live for... <br />Commit suicide? <br />As if God abides. <br />And the emptiness that is felt... <br />From within so many, <br />They successfully hide. <br />And trying to find a reason WHY... <br />They have contracted to lease or sell their souls. <br />With no freedom to breathe publicly. <br />OR... <br />Happily, <br />Without being told if it is or not approved. <br /> <br />And many are entrapped inside an ego. <br /> <br />With no freedom to breathe. <br />Entrapped inside an ego. <br />With no freedom to breathe. <br />Entrapped inside an ego. <br />With no reason to be, <br />Entrapped inside an ego.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-freedom-to-breathe-entrapped-inside-an-ego/
