Hey class, here’s a poem I would like to share with you guys. I wrote it myself, and its straight from my journal. Enjoy!

Message #1:

 

These motives are insane

Living in peace, and not aware

of all those stuck in pain

I turn on the news, and just stare

You’re dancing, and you’re laughing

And doing whatever else you do

But you never take the time

to consider what the poor are going through

The reporter tells you lies

and you don’t even want to learn

Not until the day of your own demise

Until life took its wild turn

An “American” does not exist

If my thoughts are not yet heard

And if no one wants to hear it

I guess an “American” is absurd

You’re gullible and illiterate

A “happy” life is not there

The truth is left unsaid

In reality they don’t care

As long as they have a house

and car, and looks much more than good

They will never care about you

It was implied you understood

There are bigger things in life

than the numbers you pursue

Whether it’s the money or the grade

All of it will fade

The day death will come for you.

I wrote this poem to portray the corruption in our government. When we vote for people and expect them to do things for us, and then come to find out that these representatives were looking out for themselves and not the community or country as a whole, it hurts. So this is my message to them, and I want the people in Congress to take a look at this and reply. I want them to explain to me why they tell us they’ll fix problems with this country, the laws, the systems, and ways of running this nation, but they never do. I want them to explain to me why Immigration reform has been kept on that agenda for five years now, when the issue was supposed to be resolved three years ago. Money leads to greed, and that greed needs to go if we want to proceed and succeed in becoming a better nation.