Society As We Know It <br /> <br />I hate how this world is an ugly, evil place, <br />And how the devil has taken on a very new face. <br />Our world is in war <br />Of man against man <br />And just to win that war, <br />That guy will do whatever he can. <br />He'll make bombs that will blow away houses, <br />He'll make machine guns that riddle people's spouses. <br />Man will go out and shoot his own brother <br />To show off himself as a gang friend to another. <br />Man will go out and, just to make a buck, <br />Man will bet money on another man's luck. <br />Man will go and sell 'enchanted weed', <br />To forever plant in the buyer, <br />The addiction seed. <br />What happened to the world <br />When you could walk to church <br />See families huddled together <br />At a once common perch. <br />Now those families fight <br />With their guns and their knives <br />Feeding their hate <br />By taking each others lives. <br />Whatever happened <br />When Billy would go to school <br />Go get good grades for college <br />And not act like a fool. <br />Now instead, Billy has 'fun' <br />He smokes his pot and plays with his gun. <br />He said his first swear word at the age of seven, <br />And drank his first beer at the age of eleven. <br />Whatever happened <br />To the world of yesteryear? <br />When families would get together, <br />And minors stayed away from beer? <br />When modesty was best, <br />And abstinence was right <br />When people really cared <br />About another's plight. <br />I hope the devil burns away <br />Goes to hell and there he stay. <br />I feel sorry for this generation <br />Who will only know of the down-hill pace of degradation.<br /><br />Celestina Ripley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/society-as-we-know-it/
