Societal Differences

Consciousness recedes

darkness breeds

Rid myself of greed

to find myself a victim of the creed

dreams of having my mind freed

i find myself behind bars

looking up to the stars

im weighed down by battlescars

how can i determine my worth

when ive been a slave since birth

succumbed to society

im a puppet to propriety

predetermined morals but in my head

thoughts quarrel between right and wrong

who can decide where i belong

If everyone's the same

is it possible to stand out

without appearing insane

like a machine im a fiend to interaction

Technology conceals the need to find passion

Now intelligence is hard to find when

free will is sacrificed to the work grind

i feel my mind race tryna keep up with

the pace of growing up and paying bills

without work no money for buying meals

People satisfied with corporate deals and product steals

Citizens work all year looking forward to black friday

but whos to say when someones feeling gray

depression has become so normal

that it cant be expressed because people never

show interest instead people thrive to be the best to receive

the very thing that differentiates them from the rest

Im on a quest to prove money doesnt buy happiness

But as they always plea

cash rules everything around me

Whats it gonna take for the world to see

That money and a shopping spree

wont save the trees and until its too late

Will society separate and realize that like fish

they take the corporate bait and have failed

to appreciate what they need rather than compete

with whos got better shoes on their feet

because only then will they feel complete

but until then their souls shall stay asleep

as society follows like sheep