Monochrome Rainbow [✔️Completed]

LIVE TRAGEDIES

Tragedies aired on live TV 

a highlight reel of human decay 

packaged and sold in primetime slots 

depraved entertainment 

for those unhappy 

with their daily lives 

Mugshots become trophies 

glorifying killers and terrorists 

celebrating crooked celebrities and politicians 

while bloodied children flash across the screen 

shot down in the streets 

like characters in a movie 

you'll forget by the next morning 

Cities burn 

civilizations collapse 

wars overseas 

blood money in the bank 

marches turn into riots 

hate crimes spark more hate 

talking heads fanning the flames 

while smiling through commercial breaks 

profiting off of our suffering 

Sex sells 

but so does trauma 

sensationalized to rile us up 

turn our tears into dollar bills 

devastation wrapped in clickbait 

served up for our next outrage fix 

Some people get addicted to it 

they love to see the body counts rise 

prisons filled up 

mental crash-outs ending in mass-destruction 

it makes them feel better 

about how low they've sunk 

into their own misery 

One little act of depravity at a time 

brings out the monster in them 

their craving for cruelty 

their hunger to throw stones 

at their neighbors 

they thirst to betray friends 

and turn on their family 

without the weight of guilt 

because the people on TV 

claimed that their prejudice was justified 

Righteous rage becomes a ritual 

they light the torches 

chant the slogans 

all to ignore their own rot from within 

because God forbid 

they make it through the day 

without finding someone new to hate 

and blame for all their problems