Bind
In recent days it seems like everyone is in a bind.
Whether they’re just wasting away or on the grind.
Clouded with constant distraction
We shy away from intimate interaction
We fight for each other’s attention and affection
Yet the response is always neglect and aggression
What’s the point of telling each other to open our eyes?
When we act like we can’t speak as if we were mimes
What happened to being able to tell people you love them?
Without feeling like we are emotionally crushing them.
What happened to couples just pleasuring each other’s time?
Without having to buy gifts just to say that you are mine.
Sundays used to be the day that people spent with God
But the NFL and work have taken his rod
The Kardashians and social media have put my people in a bind
They’ve taken what was special and that was their mind
Many people speak of not conforming to the norm
But I see that they’re conforming, just in a different form
In these words I’ve strewn together my cry
But sometimes I wonder why I even try
Instead of trying to become the God of time
How about being patient and letting everything fall in line
I would tell you how to escape from your bind
But that’s only the answer you can find
It’s time that we unite under the banner of love
And sore gracefully through the skies as if were doves.
The massacre of my people through religion and race
Shows that we have slipped behind on our progressive pace
This generation claims they came at the wrong time and wish a rewind
Yet they don’t realize we could build a future that’s so much more kind
So one more time I call for action against the mistreatment of others
Can’t you see we are all simply sisters and brothers?
I thought as a kid I would explore the stars
Yet there exists a system that rather have me behind bars
2015, so I believe it’s time to be on our way
To carve for our children and grandchildren a better today.
Submitted: January 15, 2015
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