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Is Nothing Sacred Anymore

     Once I learned I’d have to pay for my sins
         Today I see there’s not a sin that’s not ‘in’

     Once I was told to respect every teacher
         Today a teacher’s the lowest of creatures

     Once the US flag was a source of pride
         Today it only serves to divide

      Once girls admired a ‘man in uniform’
         Today they seek out ‘singular unicorns’

     Once teens practiced ‘making conversation’
         Today they can’t talk, they’re texting sensations... 

     Did everything die; is nothing sacred anymore
          Well, kids still ask parents for money
              ~  only today a whole lot more

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Panagiota Romios

Date: 7/26/2025 8:30:00 PM

Thabk you for bring up his fe issues, Peaole want tinggs free. Onl

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/26/2025 8:34:00 PM

Free stuff, free housing, free transportation, freedom from any accountability. My Lord, what kind of naive, never-land society have we fostered?

Panagiota Romios

Date: 7/26/2025 8:07:00 PM

G- great poem. You covered, but most Americans and other countries run from.. The word starts with R it’s called responsibili,only one word describe pswhere we live and what we do and the junk reporting on the radio. Trash. We are headed for disasterL pabgie

Panagiota Romios
Date: 7/26/2025 8:29:00 PM

Hi, sorry for the mistake! Corrections, pangie

Bill Baker

Date: 7/25/2025 9:47:00 PM

Sad Couplet poem until the end when the real truth came out. Good poetry, my friend, BB

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/26/2025 8:35:00 PM

That's right, Bill.

Joe Maverick

Date: 7/25/2025 2:36:00 PM

I think the whole poem is quite inflated lol))) Still i hope the claims it raises, can become debated.)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/26/2025 8:35:00 PM

I like your poem. You know how to show 'em...