derek's poems

animals

We're clawing at our skin

And destroying the world we live in

That just seems to be the way

That we live our lives today

Plastic and fake and we don't care

We're breathing in the dirty air

Deliberately poisoning ourselves

Just so we can fit in with everybody else

Drugs destroying lives

Too many drinks create a tide

Of nothingness and worthlessness 

Washing over everything

I clean my glasses on my shirt

But I can't get rid of all the dirt

That I always tend to see

When I look at the world in front of me

Get your paws off of me, world

I don't need to clean up your mess right now

Get your hands off me, world

I don't need to hear complaints about how

Everything is wrong

But you just feed lies to the fire

And it grows, spreads, we're all shredded down

And I'm just tired

I put on a sweater 

It's getting kinda cold

From your evil blood spreading through our veins

Into our very bones

I'm tired of your hate

All you do is discriminate

Everything is going 

To have to change

We're not ourselves anymore

We are truly the most inhumane of all

We're not ourselves anymore

We are truly the worst of all the animals

Gnashing teeth and gaping jaws

Tearing through you with razor claws

We're clawing at our skin

And destroying the world we live in

That just seems to be the way

We all live our lives today