The Forgotten

Our lives are consumed With vice and pleasure Self-absorbed with blinders And avarice for treasure The majority indifferent To the plight of our parents Or the generation before them With their disciplined adherence As medical technology Prolongs our existence A materialistic generation Promotes political resistance The diseases and conditions Previously unnamed Now have an aging population restrained Disadvantaged and exploited They simply try to survive While the rest of us carelessly Go on with our lives No opportunities to acquire The means to sustain Plus devaluation of the dollar Leave them hungry and lame They face the future like the past Proud and undaunted Their only dream left Is to feel needed and wanted October 16 2016