To hell in a hand basket, a famous old phrase
Times haven't changed, they're even kookier today
With those at the helm
We're overwhelmed
With threatening rhetoric, things are starting to decay
What the hell is going on down south
To hell in a hand basket, first thing that comes out of my mouth
Incited by Mr. Orange Hair
Dangerous times down there
A bunch of lunatics and sociopaths he has aroused
To hell in a hand basket, a famous old phrase
Times haven't changed, they're even kookier today
With those at the helm
We're overwhelmed
With threatening rhetoric, things have started to decay
To hell in a hand basket, a famous old phrase
Times haven't changed, they're even kookier today
With those at the helm
We're overwhelmed
With threatening rhetoric, things are starting to decay
He found me in a dream serene,
then I found her in a stupor.
LATE! I realized for the first scene,
ineffective tense tired tutor.
Wampanoag's dismay on fierce face,
on her’s pale, nothing but despair.
Knew I was doomed in any case,
me; I wish I could disappear…
My wardrobe gray, black and a frown,
I walk with slouch instead of proud.
Place spiraling on its way down,
my soul's lost in this crazy crowd.
Immature arrogant revolt,
devoted defenders hold line.
They “got things figured out” — but don’t..,
mayhem for fun’s sake a past time.
Hellions running wild the prison,
bitterness taste - lemon pucker.
Hierarchy ears deaf, won’t listen,
moment of truth taste for sucker.
It’s a sorry state of affairs,
a sad society we live.
We won’t survive if unawares,
civility bleeding through sieve.
Susan Ashley
August 31, 2017
*Poet's note: this poem was based on a dream I woke up with this morning*
It's important for people to please God and Jesus.
We should please them because they please us.
We can please them by being honest and not cheating, stealing, killing or lying.
We may fail when we attempt to do these things but that shouldn't stop us from trying.
The world is going to Hell in a hand basket, it's like a disease.
But if we try to do our best, God and Jesus will be pleased.
God is our hero and I love him.
He's our only hope in a world that is so grim.
We need God now more than we ever have before.
God can save us, he's someone we must not ignore.
The world is going to Hell in a hand basket, it's a mess.
God is our hero and if we turn to him, we will be blessed.
You are not God
So stop acting like you are
You are no better than anyone else
Your ego is so large
But its not you but GOD who is in charge
Christians who act like they are perfect
Oh they are defiantly not
I’d love to see them to try and walk on water
Some have tried, all of failed
Wet feet is all they’ve got
They point their fingers
And condemn others to hell
They shout “fire and brimstone”
Raise their voices and yell
If you don’t believe what their church says
You are going to hell in a hand basket
They are perfect, will be in the front of the line on judgment day
While all others are still laying in their caskets
They make fun of others religion
Saying oh that’s so not right
Believe what we say or your condemned
You can see we are all goodness and light
They think all they do is right
No need to apologize
They twist and bend God’s word
And try to get the rest of us to believe their lies
Lovers departed
Like two souls unwanted
Sent to Hell in a hand basket
To make it out on your own
Futures are uncertain
Hope can be lost
Place faith in the fact that
What could have been, never was
Hearts and minds tend to fight
An epic tug-of-war
All you ever wanted
blew out the front door
And now all we do is search
For Mister and Miss Right
But did we just maroon them, each other, on shore?
Long words abandoned
For those softer on tongues
One plans the future,
The other plans today’s fun
Why can’t they both
Simply cross the other’s path
It’s for not lack of trying
Until turning one’s back
Memories have faded
Yet others return
Was it a fair exchange
to receive the good for the spurned?
The wrong days will cut you
With fears and regrets
Sometimes we hold onto
What no one thinks is best
In the foggy uncertain
Only time can unfold
If happiness awaits
Or you die old and alone
(This is a true story)
A sixteen year old girl murdered her father and her mother.
She killed them because they tried to stop her from seeing her lover.
When this happened, an entire nation was horrified and stunned.
How could a teenage girl callously murder her parents with a shotgun?
Blood was splattered on the walls, the floor and in the bed and the bodies were
in a terrible shape.
She pulled the trigger when she learned they were going to have her boyfriend
arrested for statutory rape.
Her parents didn't know that their daughter was a threat.
This proves that the world is going to Hell in a hand basket.