petal poetry

stop the system

20:27 11/02/2019

i'm trying to progress
in a place of contest
and sex
and words out of context
for some pretty mess

i'm tired of the texts
i get
so sad yet
i relate
to the hatred

can we press pause
on the hysterical
dumbfounded intellectuals
unsuccessful know-it-alls
how dare they pretend to stand so tall

we've all got our problems
but we can't count on friends to solve them
so why doesn't anyone break the system
help the condemned
and save them instead

i don't want any more messages
from people who have lost their purposes
due to a school full of intelligence
that seems as if it relishes
in this type of broken specimen

and is this acceptable
for people to feel like this at all
broken by a few buildings and a few walls
when all they wanted was to be enthralled
but instead they met indirect assault

but are they lucky?
that there are no bruises on their bodies
when some of them have made enemies
who are only visible through the worry
of those personal people, i'm sorry

and what can i say
i don't want to keep telling people to wait
just because right now it is hate
doesn't mean it will stay
there's still fate

but this isn't my work
to keep people alive because of school
they want to die and that's not cool
but what more can i do
i'm asking you

since you think it's funny
watching youth stain their bodies
telling them you'll listen when you're busy talking
but since you talk so much
when will you notice this entire system isn't working

with the competition and the snubs
the beating up and cheap drugs
if you think you're a saviour
you should check again later
because you're not as innocent as you like to think

20:49 11/02/2019