Me, Myself, and Everybody Else

The Right Direction

We walk away from ourselves

One sorry step

At a time

We turn away from humanity

More and more

Every day

We are consumed by our obsession

Bit by bit

Until all is lost

We do not

Gild the silken lily

We feel no need to cover up

The pine’s passing of time

And we have failed to

Paint the bleeding dawn

So why

Do we wish to destroy

Ourselves

Perhaps instead

We should teach otherwise

Perhaps

We should learn to look in the mirror

And smile, rather than cry

And then perhaps

We will have taken one step

Back

One step towards

The love we ought to bear ourselves