Afraid of Our Fellow Man

We're as fake as the plastic melting under our skin

The collective imagination of a societal binge

Our beauty is a mask, a lie told to us by magazines

The product of industrial dreams, all fantastic schemes

We live in a Barbie Doll world, where we worship fake breasts

We lift weights at Gold's Gym while we pound our huge chests  

We know nothing of true beauty, under the façade of the Glossy

 Eight by Ten

 

We cover our blemishes and we can't even be comfortable in our own skin

We are infatuated with the surface, skin deep, lustful of the pretenses  

Our masks hide our vulnerabilities and our true intent

While reality is crumbling at our feet and we hide beneath a veneer of

A glossy face shot, the airbrushed images on the cover-girl-poster-boy-pin-up centerfold

   We've lost sight of the aged and the gifts they hold

Celebrities ride around in window tinted limousines, so they can't be seen but we're so pretty that we have to preen

 

The paparazzi all want the next shot for the next scandal but they airbrush that too

We are so busy believing the lies that we have become afraid of the truth

Camera's are as ubiquitous as grass and our privacy is all but laughable while our smiles aren't genuinely affable

We post pictures of ourselves on Facebook, yet our self esteem could use a second look

We talk each other up and beat each other down, but we're keeping it onehundred while hiding a frown

We've become fast paced and slow witted, we're breaking the seams that our families knitted

We place beauty on a pedestal and worship at its alter, but we fail to foster true beauty in our children and wonder why they falter

 

We listen to society and shun our parents, our role models have become degenerates

We allow our little girls to  dress like tramps and wear makeup and our little boys don't respect them and treat them like toys

And we wonder why they cut themselves  

We pay movie stars and football players millions so we can entertain ourselves

But we can't pay our teachers enough to educate the masses

yet it's okay to collect a check and sit on our asses

And our troops don't have the armor they need because of our self indulgent greed

We forget about the little guy as we climb the corporate ladder to survey the sky at the top

But when the s**t goes down, we can't pick up a mop

We won't lift a finger to lend a hand because we're so afraid of our fellow man

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Reviews

[AprilRN1210]

oh my goodness, Derick.. that font makes it soooo hard to read... I am with grumpy... can't focus to read it well... not just the pain pills talking... jeez...

[realmwriter]

I have changed the color and font. Hope it helps, please revisit.

[realmwriter]

Changed the title to Afraid of Our Fellow Man

[Jack Wolfe]

My apologies, I came to read, but with my eyes and that font, its impossible. If you decide to change let me know, and I'll have a look.

[realmwriter]

I did indeed change the color and the font. I hope it helps. Thank you for pointing it out.

[realmwriter]

Had to change the title to Afraid of Our Fellow Man