In the dark

The world Often upsets me More than it should? I overreact Don’t know how to act Should accept What is? When the brain Has been washed Of the brain washing When you can think Clearly The world is burning Cities are flooding People are suffering No they aren’t? And if they are So what? Laugh, …

Why I Went Vegan

Reasons to go Vegan Please note that there are even more reasons to go vegan than are listed here but these are the ones that resound most with me. A. Environment • Animal agriculture contributes 51% of all greenhouse gases. Where as transportation is responsible for 10-15% of all greenhouse gases. • Animal agriculture is …

Extinction

You: Humanity will eventually Go extinct Anyways No point Stressing Over recycling Me: Eventually yes But By the same argument Why bother eating? When you are going To die eventually A waste of energy Of food Just to prevent The inevitable You: What difference Does any of it Make When other countries Pollute more than …

I Wonder

I wonder if The world will end soon Sometimes it feels like we are Rocking back and forth On a tight rope Drunk on our successes Giddy Unaware Of any folly Can we please Step back Onto the platform Sit down Sober up From this surreal experience The epiphany is Like a sledge hammer of …

Garbage

We are one With everything Take the blindfold Off You don’t have to Wear it anymore When one survives We all thrive Try drinking bleach Some day Because How could you not Care Except we Numb ourselves To the reality We should not drink Poisonous lies It kills the spirit And if we Don’t stop …

Why Protesting Matters

A few people I have talked to recently have said that they don’t see any point in protesting or that protesting isn’t actually doing anything. However there a quite a few good reasons to protest and lots of examples where protesting has helped elicit change. Reasons to protest; 1. It brings more attention to a …

A Condition Of Apathy

Don’t look at that which disturbs you. Don’t think about that which bothers you. Don’t question why things are. Don’t consider alternatives for those who will do it for you. Don’t try to change things. You are too small to understand. Know your place. Standing, poised, Banana peel in hand. Compost? Be green? A moment …

Unity

To save the earth First we must work together. To work together We must first stop fighting. We fight each other In line for the next deal, For rights not given or taken away, Over who should stand up And take responsibility. Outraged At lines too long, At the struggle Over disease, Famine, War, Those …

Desire

Desire More We always need more It is insatiable really To guzzle back To quench the thirst The desire to obtain More The desire to consume The need to suffocate the space around you with objects Ingesting and burning up as much of the substances around you That insatiable hunger Objects Items Things Possessions Stuff …