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PENNY CANDIES COST A NICKEL.
THAT MEANS TIMES ARE BAD.
THINGS AREN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE;
SOCIETY HAS GONE MAD.
THINGS THAT ONCE WE KNEW WERE WRONG,
NOW ARE RIGHT, WE’RE TOLD.
SOULS OF WOMEN AND OF MEN,
SO EASILY BOUGHT AND SOLD.
WE ALL FORGOT THE RULE;
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF.
WE HURT AND EXPLOIT EACH OTHER
TO AQUIRE EXCESS WEALTH.
HATE YOUR NEIGHBOR; CHEAT YOUR FRIEND;
IT’LL ALL BE JUSTIFIED IN THE END.
FAIRNESS, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY,
SEEM TO HAVE NO PLACE IN SOCIETY.
WHO WILL RESTORE WHAT SEEMS SO FAR LOST?
AND WHAT WILL WE GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE COST,
OF THE GOODS FOR WHICH WE SOLD OUR SOULS?
IS NOT LOVE MORE PRECIOUS THAN SILVER AND GOLD?
SIFT THROUGH THE LIES, DESPERATELY SEEKING TRUTH
EVERYONE CLAIMING THEY ARE RIGHT,
RELIGIONS BATTLING NAIL AND TOOTH.
WHAT ARE THE ANSWERS?
HOW ARE WE TO KNOW?
IS GOD REALLY LOOKING DOWN BELOW?
IF HE IS, WHAT DOES SHE SEE;
AND WHAT DOES SHE THINK OF YOU AND ME?
IS HE SICK ENOUGH OF US TO ERASE IT ALL?
SEND US HURLING THROUGH SPACE
IN A FIERY BURNING BALL?
MAYBE WHAT WE NEED IS A BRAND NEW START,
GET RID OF THE BAD AND JUST KEEP THE GOOD PART.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF, FOR THOSE WHO WON’T REMEMBER,
EVERYTHING WE KNOW AND LOVE
COULD BE REDUCED TO SMOLDERING EMBERS.
BUT DON’T BE TOO DISMAYED,
SHOULD THE STARS FALL FROM THE SKY;
THINK OF IT AS CLEANSING RAIN,
TEARS FALLING FROM GOD’S EYE.
KNOW THAT WE WILL COME AGAIN,
WITH ANOTHER CHANCE TO TRY.
PERHAPS NEXT TIME WE’LL GET IT RIGHT,
AND LET LOVE BE OUR GUIDING LIGHT.
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Yetunde
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