I wrote this a week ago, and I feel that this sums up my beliefs in about 22 lines. The two main subjects are the societies in the first world versus the third world (specifically Darfur). Many people read this and feel down by the reality, but I want this to evoke a sense of responsibility to change, to stay optimistic. We are the society, we can change, and you guys are the ones who can set those examples.

Two Worlds

In this world I wonder, what we have become.

Our faith and consideration replaced by false idols,

Our means of worship in the form of your nearest mall,

Our confessionals now dressing rooms.

The items of yesteryear are simply not sufficient,

And prayers are answered with the swish of a credit card.

A short burst of fulfillment for those new pairs of shoes

Becomes an insatiable appetite to fill the void.

More is more, and world matters do not matter

As they did before.

Possessions left behind as bullets bombarded homes.

Fathers fallen, children left powerless and alone.

Forced to move, to gather in a safe haven

As emaciated bodies lay slain,

Scattered across barren terrain,

Bones jutting, reaching out for justice and consolation.

Desperate for refuge and collected like cattle,

The battle was one and the same:

People against people,

Religion the tipping point between life and death.

More is more, but world matters do not matter

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