CONCENTRATE

I had to turn the radio down

To hear the calling sound

Of my soul

I had to turn off the television

So my eyes could envision

True reality

I had to realize an addiction

Too many to mention

From technology

I had to denounce my possessions

Make materialistic concessions

To feel valuable

I had to travel and get lost

No matter the cost

To understand how others live

I had to share with others

Think of all men as brothers

To be powerful

I had to integrate body and mind

So eventually I could find

Meaning

A SUGGESTION

As a youth, the world was ideal

The authority of adults never questioned

Now as an adult, I see how they've failed

And beg to offer a suggestion.

Give up the oil, pick up your trash

Please stop polluting the water

Be more efficient, use common sense

Is my generation so much smarter?

The destruction now obvious

The world becoming more aware

Yet a generation addicted to comfort

Simply refuses to care.

Desensitized to pain, lost in passivity

Thinking technology will save us.

Poor lost souls, so far gone from our origin

Raping everything natural God gave us.