In a world
Where technology prevails
How little we know about each other
In a time
In which we know about everything
How little we know
Of our individual purpose in life
How little we understand the meaning
Of our every movement and gesture
How shallow –minded we are,
If we are not prepared to dig
And find out, what we really are
And what makes us what we are
Instead of accepting things at face value
And building superficial characters
Surely we should make an effort
And learn to love each other
Not just one person
But millions of others
Who we can also appreciate
So we can all share
Other pains, joys and sorrows
And we can share our riches
And our poverty
But instead we are selfish
With our emotions and our wealth
And only a chosen few
Will benefit from our lives
And our memories die with our bodies
No one shall know
What we really wanted to say and do
We are all so undervalued
So underestimated
So under loved
So under everything
But yet we satisfied
And do not ask
Or hope for more.
Sharon Carter-Wray
(May 1978)
Note: I can’t believe that I actually wrote this, aged 13 some 40 years ago, and sadly it is still so true of our world today… Sx 🙂
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