Cellophane World
cellophane world...
procuring accouterment
of this and that from hither and thither
the consumeristic narcotic
rages through our pulsing veins
as we desperately try to pull on the ever-loosening reins
growing up all those years ago was easier, I do confess
with hardly a hint of all this materialistic excess
for money was tight
but the values and principles instilled in us were right
values to cherish the human-ness of all
the simple pleasures of this life
beyond the haute-couture and glittering flim-flam
for what is all this
if not a carefully constructed sham
so as I walk along the aisles today
I cringe at the so much designed for the so few
while the multitudes of the teeming people
stand at the wayside
disconsolately deafened by the tolling bells of the steeple
and yet...
there must be a better, less ostentatious way
to live and love and cherish and embrace
each other, distanced from the plastic fakery that we witness each and every day
for the truth that rages deep within every heart
yearns for a coming together of souls
a bounteous celebration of togetherness, a simple bond
of people sharing those intrinsic values
of
love
compassion
comfort
these are the simple yet ever-so elusive desires buried within each and every heart of ours
while we scurry around like giddy inebriated plunderers
innured to the passing of the moments and months and weeks and hours
so
could it be too much to call for restraint
to merely sit back for some time and quietly reflect
on
what is true
and
on what is the essence of being alive
in this glittering mirage that is the place
this world
this fairground of tricks and of treats and of designer labels and the branded name-tag
that mutilates our spirit while our shopping bags sag
maybe
we will then see that the truth is so much simpler
to love and be loved for who one truly is
for to be simply human
is what we desperately miss...
Copyright © Scribbler Of Verses | Year Posted 2013
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