Tag: politics

TURN OFF THE TRASH

We are surrounded
by things unimportant
and superficial.
Fed drab “entertainment”
such as celeb gossip
that is trivial.

Turn off the trash,
pick up a book
and listen to news.
Engage your brain
then join debates
to broaden your views.

So-called reality shows
starring fakes acting
for us to believe.
Meanwhile the real world
spins around us,
dizzying the naive.

Turn off the trash,
look for truths
that stretch your mind.
Inspire the young
to stride further
and help humankind.

 

 

K.G. says…
Now, we’re all entitled to have our guilty pleasures and there is nothing wrong with that. However if we indulge too much in those things, which serve no greater purpose, we will surely lose sense of the things which actually ought to matter. There’s a risk that society may end up undermining the importance of key issues in favour of immaterial subjects.
Heck, I say “may” but it’s already happening. People seem to be increasingly placing more value on peripheral attractions. This poem intends to urge us all not to take the easy option in terms of what we feed our minds and souls. Let’s endeavour to take stock and accountability in order to enhance knowledge and improve our world. Trash is easy to come across but treasure is harder to discover.

TRIPLE H

An aspect of humanity that triggers my outrage
Is the millions wrestling to survive – the Triple H
The homeless, the hungry and the heartbroken
Burning in a hell on earth and left smoking

Saddening that some people live on the street
Pressed to the corners like the world’s trying to delete
Meanwhile vast wealth is stored by the elite
Yet poverty is nowhere near to being obsolete

Maddening that “third-world” children struggle to find food
As their lands are mined for minerals and drilled for crude
People dying from starvation with no crumbs on the plate
Elsewhere, fat cats undergo surgeries to lose weight

If justice was granted, the innocent wouldn’t be wronged
But they are forsaken to feel like they never belonged
Can society be deemed successful if so many are ailing?
Damning reality is that the whole world is failing

As mother nature is outgrown by her human seedlings
Some seedlings shoot at the expense of their siblings
A survival of the fittest unlike any other species
Sucking life and blood out of fellow humans like leeches

 

 

K.G. says…

There are too many injustices in the world with a lot of them being man-made. One of them is the degree of disparity in wealth and opportunity among classes and nations. The very essence of human nature [ambition, greed, laziness, selfishness, etc.] means there can never be a ideal world for all. No social or political system can be put in place which is perfect for every person’s needs but it’s still a damning reflection on society as a whole that some people have to endure the worst of conditions.
The evolutionary theory of “survival of the fittest” in the animal kingdom gives a disadvantage to those born physically weaker. However, for human beings, that seems to have transpired into “survival of the richest”, and that is even unfairer. Does that make us worse than the other animals?

PRETENTIOUS PERFORMERS

Actions speak louder than words but silence shrouds intentions
Doing and saying things with thoughts that no one mentions
Pretentious performers prey on the naivety of the meek
Playing with facets of the truth like a game of hide and seek
Deeds choreographed to contrive without ever revealing fully
While wavering words spew from tongues that fail to talk truly

Wolves in sheep’s clothing pull the wool over people’s eyes
As pussycats prowl with pride among lions who don’t realise
Politics, drama, misdirection and sugar coating are apparent
Masks worn to prevent real expressions being transparent
In a world where genuine sincerity is often locked in a cage
It is no wonder why pretentious performers take centre stage

 

 

K.G. says…
I’m not entirely sure of what people really think about this piece because it’s not one that my readers have often mentioned to me. Nonetheless I am pleased with it from a creative perspective because I threw in a few different literary devices (i.e. alliteration, wordplay, metaphors) and well-known idioms.
Personally, I think the first line of the second verse is one of the best I’ve ever written. I also rate the line immediately after, although the meaning of that is more obscure as it all rests on a single word which can be easily overlooked. *high-five if you got it the first time*
The poem itself is about how a lot of us seem to interact with each other. As someone who prefers straightforwardness and zero drama, I find game-playing and having to second-guess to be uncomfortably confusing and unnecessary.