A Perfect World?

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I use to think that our world was good

I use to think that nothing needed to change

That I was safe

That I was loved

That people cared

...

As I grew older I saw that so many things

So many people

Weren't what they seemed to be

That nothing was innocent

Except a new-born child

& to say the least..

They would one day be just as bad as me

...

Its sad to see

Where are world has come to be

The things that children know now

The things that even adults know now

There's hurt

Pain

Hate

Tears

Fakes

Everything...

That makes a person want to break

Lies

Cheaters

Racism

A good world once

Is now a bad world

Where every day

People cry

People lie

People break down

& say goodbye

...

This was once a world where I was proud to call it mine

Now it's a world..

Where everything bad

is... the norm

& everything good

is... different.

And wrong

And not right

....

So this is what our world has become?

A tear

A broken heart

A lie

A cheat

A snide comment

Never a holding hand

Or a comforting hug

This is what we have become

What I so otherwise call...

scum.

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