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Why? That's the question. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why do we live in a world that hates change A world clinging to a past long gone Why must hate be so common Why does the world insist evolution is a myth to progression Maybe it's just because they thrive in the tension Maybe because if we cleared the fog of distraction We would see their truth and teach them a lesson Why in a world full of colour Create division Create an hierarchy Of importance Maybe that's just the art of human behaviour One of greed and the itch to own power The need to feel superior over one another But the question lingers Why? Is equality a foreigner Why? Do people choose to hate or love each other Instead of allies humans crave enemies To claim superiority over those deemed weaker Of those they claim to be inferior But The portrayal of a hard exterior Is just a mask for the interior Where the walls are built from envy Haunted by the shadows of jealousy An emptiness only fixed By becoming racist Why? Because without us they wouldn't exist A temporary inhabitant of the earth For who else would do their labour The only thing they know how to do is be slave owners After all you can't grow crops by shouting slurs

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Date: 8/1/2025 5:37:00 AM
We certainly live in a world where the rich thinks they can get away with anything. Look at Donald Trump and the literally hundreds of allegations against him. This has been going back very far in time but it seems to be getting to the surface due to media coverage. Excellent poem and I understand this world our generation left to the young ones today. Hopefully there will be a change coming.
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Layla Riley-Hill
Date: 8/1/2025 8:53:00 AM
I 100% agree. Thank you for your comment

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