By Anonymous
From dust we come,
to dust we go.
But while we’re here
What seeds do we sow?
Those of destruction
or of creation?
What will be our legacy?
Our ecological footprint?
Or conscientious consumption?
They say, “what goes around
comes around,”
but the chemicals we drown,
won’t bring us down.
We make more burden
for our own children.
Guns
Gory
Unfeeling metal
Not as useful as you might think
Stolen people’s life and love
-Anonymous
Slave
Stolen innocence
Loss
Anger and fear
Violated
Empty and alone
-Anonymous
she was the one you could never quite understand
why she never stopped smiling
or dancing or singing
even when the world gave her every reason
to cry
the girl who built sand castles with you in kindergarten
who took the fifth grade talent show by storm
the girl who had her first kiss on the balcony
under the stars
when everything
was just perfect
she was the girl who you studied hours and hours with
whispering in the library, dreading those god-forsaken tests
she was the girl who graduated high school
with flying colors
who turned down the best University
to chase her dreams
a model
a singer
an actress
she wanted it all
the lights, the fame, the rush of adrenaline
the cheering crowds and the adoring fans
she wanted it all
and then he came along
and told her she could
she could have it all
just come with me, follow me
to this place
to these people
promises of fame
lights
adoration.
He promised it all
and she believed him
it was all she could believe in
it was all she had
But those?
Those were lies
and now
she is the girl
who is enslaved to neither a promise nor a dream
but to a man she had neither intended to meet nor see ever again
You heard me
she is a slave to a man
who bought her for a few hundred
a human life – just for a few hundred
enslaved by fear
exploited
cheapened
robbed
her body, a selling price
$30 for an hour, $60 for two
you might even get a discount if you go for the two
every day, a slave to her fear
she waits, for the light to return
she was the girl you once loved
and now, she is nothing
-Anonymous
Rights
Received from sweat and pain from our ancestors
In the people’s name
Given to all
Hope to some
Taken from some
Should never be taken or questioned
- Anonymous