Poem #32: Society
#32 of Poetry
A poem about the faults and benefits of living in society and among the community. Inspired from reading Pride and Prejudice.
Society
The region of wealth
Sapping the strength
Of personality
Power is an illusion
Avert your eyes
From the terror within
For authority can cause fear
Control over the masses
No control over oneself
Pride is not vain
Both are not selflessness
They eat away at kindness
Parasitic to caring
Boasting of oneself
Arrogance referred
Demeaning at least
Dominance over others
Weakness unto oneself
Superior in class
Not inferior in mind
But inferior in everything
Superiority thinks priority
Never humility
Debunk the obvious
Superiority to be less
Than what is nothing
Perfection is a myth
As is normalicy
Weirdness is the norm
Uniqueness shared by all
Inherit title, status wealth
Never inherit more
But royalty in lineage
Never to inherit more
Hard-work morals
And intelligence
Not by blood alone
Status labels accomplishments
Not always justifiable
If accomplishments won
Satisfaction is earned
Status is earned
Yet freely given
Sadly
Qualities brought upon
By humanity
Within Society
Unwant by the load
Greed pride vanity
Selfishness wealth status
Arrogance dominance lineage
Spite perfection normalicy
Hypocrisy judgment ignorance
Hate superiority weakness
Better qualities to be learned
Taught by humanity
Hidden in Society
Wanted by the grasp
Happiness self-worth independence
Selflessness security prosperity
Humility equality family
Forgiveness acceptance uniqueness
Admittance understanding intelligence
Love encouragement strength
See what Society has to offer
Before Society shows you wrong.
~bhscorch
"Society" by bhscorch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License