Melamine and the Future
How come many mothers forgot that breastmilk is STILL,
And ALWAYS will be BEST, for babies suckling lips???
What’s next then?
The twinkling of a star turning into cliché,
Repeated only in nursery rhymes?
Memories of long walks drowned by the ever turning,
Wheel s of cold, metallic and unfeeling cars?
The Lover’s Moon losing its magic,
Against all of electronic medias?
Bill’s words fading to echoes of classroom walls vandalized,
By students apathetic of Romeo and Juliet’s tragic lives?
The aroma of home cooked meals forever gone from,
Refurbished houses whose kitchen’s gravitas are nuke boxes (and limp pastas)?
Damp “Homes” generally viewed by all as dumping grounds
For graying (former) loved ones seen as burdens?
Many more young lasses cramming fingers against throats,
In pursuit of vanity and skeletal perception of beauty?
Stock market denizens hurling their bodies against speeding trains?
Green and be-heroed paper bills overrated,
Against all other of life’s simple joys?
How many still remembers…
That plants cure and most meds packaged in fancy boxes,
Are miracles drawn by roots from the humble earth?
That the most sure fire way of treating boo boos,
Is TLC to the umpteenth level?
That even though a day’s good job brings satisfaction,
It can never compare to a loved ones approbation?
That one can never get enough of kids’ hugs and kisses?
Indeed…
It will really be a future oh so bleak,
When humanity’s mind- to simple but powerful truths,
Becomes weak…
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When mankind forgets the true value of NATURE and NURTURE, we will surely forget to
define our humanity! There's tons more of examples why and how this is happening. If you
can add up, I'll put them up there! Thanks!
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