One World

by Beautiful Chaos   Mar 16, 2008


People look, but do not see,
They see, but do not care,
Every time you look away,
You heighten that despair.

We feast like kings while others starve,
Lay warm while others freeze,
Here at home or far away,
Blindness, the disease.

The faint of heart who come to wallow,
Believe life shall remain,
Everything we've come to loathe,
Bathed in tears and pain.

Deserved, hopeless days ahead,
No strength to even try,
They do not see their lives connected,
To either you or I.

Tight closed eyes or open wide,
The answer is the same,
This world and life is what we've made,
We're tied by strings of shame.

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  • 16 years ago

    by Lemma

    Way to make the world feel guilty! Well, you made me feel guilty at least. This is a topic that is really important and yet no-one seems to write about it very much (including myself), I guess that kind of links to what this poem describes as "People look, but do not see,
    They see, but do not care,"

    I also love the way you describe blindness as a disease, makes us who are well-off compared to a lot of other people seem almost as feeble as the "poor" people.

    Em xXx

  • 16 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    Wow, what powerful words! This poem really gets you thinking! Good Job!

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