LIFE AS IT SEEMS

SLOWLY, SLOWLY,
I TRUDGE THRU THIS SITUATION CALLED LIFE,
TROUBLES, HARDSHIP, UNWANTED STRIFE,

DISSAPOINTMENT, ANGER, REBILLION,
AGAINST THE POWERS THAT BE!

ALL AROUND ME THE RED BRICK WALL,
SKYSCRAPERS, BEYOND TALL,

BIG FAT LORRIES, SUPERFAST CARS,
THE ROADS THE SKIES, OZONE SCARRED,

ONE MAN KILLING, TO FEED HIS MASTER,
CRACK AND SMACK, LIFES DISASTER,

THE STREETWALKER, ON HER BACK IN NEED,
THE POOR YOUNG GIRLS, WITH HABITS TO FEED,

THE ONE ON THE STREET, HEAD IN LAP,
BEGGING FOR A PENNY, IN THEIR CAP,

BODIES RIDDEN, WITH MANY A DISEASE,
CANCER THE WORST, A CURE? “YES PLEASE”

TERRORISM, HATE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER,
I AM AN ATHEIST, BUT STILL YOUR BROTHER,

RAVAGING WARS AROUND THE WORLD,
HOW MANY WAR TORNADOS HAVE SWIRLED?

MONEY, MONEY, NECESSITY OF LIFE,
MONEY, MONEY, TROUBLE AND STRIFE,

ARE WE ON EARTH, FOR TROUBLE AND STRIFE,
RED BRICK WALLS, OR THE BEAUTYS OF LIFE?

By JAMES MCATEAR