hopeful.

analysis over compassion
will always bring suffering;
money over morals
will never fix anything.
pride defines us all-
but pride cometh before the fall.

the calm before the storm,
the helplessly hopeful,
must rise before
ignorance is all that we know.

shimmering, glittering-
billboards speak endlessly
of covering things...
so we no longer know truth from lies.
we make our own problems
so the problems on the outside
of this belligerent shell can be denied.

the calm before the storm,
the helplessly hopeful,
must rise against this
before ignorance becomes bliss.

dealing with nothing,
causing self-suffering-
consume and live a guilt free life.
dealing with nothing,
leave the innocent to do the suffering-
consume and destroy all human rights.

the calm before the storm-
what can i say: i'm helplessly hopeful
that we can still rise before
ignorance is all we know.