Despair

If a man doesn't act like a man
And the woman doesn't be a woman
Then what are we as human

We all want to laugh heartily
As despair collide with humour
But are we laughing happily

We all want to taste
The winds of the white sky
But we endure the black haze

We all want our luscious meal
To eat and live in satisfaction
But we all get down to gluttony

We all are evolving
To push the human race
But still get stuck in the maze

The drugs was ment to heal
To feel relief from the sickness
But the addiction gets the steal

Consuming water is ment to be free
To drink our way towards salvation
But still we pay a fee in depression

The states must never be in alarmed
To never experiment our innocent heart
But innocence becomes a fool with experience

Everybody enjoys the technology given by men
Connecting our way through a medium
But we all become a slave against the electronic heart

You all think that humans are opportunist
But we become pessimistic with one blow
Only experience is giving us the final verdict

Wishful thinking is nothing but a catastrophic emissions
That strikes at nothing towards hope when produced
It is just another day of surviving in misery

As we still call hope

Author's Note

I hope you enjoy the read and please leave a generous review

Reviews

[ANTO]

You make very good points Terrence and you do it eloquently. Asking some deep questions of what it means to be humans and arriving at a conclusion that is hard to deny given our history as a species and recent past too. It does indeed seem that we are pre-programmed to be gluttonous and to always try to get more than those around us.
Your extensive vocabulary is very impressive and you arent afraid to use it lol - and why the heck not ??
It is a very expressive poem and a very powerful observational piece.
Your use of English is outstanding! Kudos T.
:))

[Terrence Chang]

Thank you Anto for agreeing with my points. My honest opinion would be that we are beasts with brains. To kill and then feel secure. Thank you once again for giving such a constructive feedback

[ANTO]

Well there is - or it has been speculated that there is - a hierarchy of needs that must be fulfilled before moving onto the next 'need' with food and shelter being ahead of getting jiggy with it, I think. But greed is a perversion of those needs. It involves a different kind of thinking than just basic survival.

[Terrence Chang]

I completely agree with you Anto. It's like Abraham Maslov's hierarchy of need.

[ANTO]

Oh right.. I remembered something from my 'Marketing 101' course then lol.
Cheers T

[Terrence Chang]

Are you a marketing strategist

[ANTO]

I studied it for 12 months but changed over because I didnt like doing the outdoor polling - too cold lol

[Terrence Chang]

Haha. So what is your profession

[ANTO]

Im trained as a computer repair and installation guy - Im the 'Have you tried switching it off and on again' guy lol - what is your line Terrence?

[wordman]

words of wisdom my friend,and well said

[Terrence Chang]

Thank you soo much wordman

[Emily]

Just love that first line!
Keep it up!

[Terrence Chang]

Thank you soo much Emily

[Jamestown]

You really brought the noise on this piece!
Terrific write that holds so much truth the
more and more you pull back the layers!
Thanks for sharing your amazing poetry
and b-blessed!

[Terrence Chang]

Thank you soo much James for your kind and gentle review. I am happy that you like my poems