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.