Remember, our goals were:
1. To express a Transcendental Mindset
2. To emulate a poet's style (repetition, syntactical choices, metaphor, rhyme)
- A Smog exists over civilization
Growing
larger by the hour
As
man asserts his power
Over
his domain
A
beauty lies in nature
That
cannot be replicated
Yet
can go unnoticed by some
While
others seek to live forever within it
The
Smog is covering the forests
That
soon will be no more
As
civilization seeks to feed its never ending appetite
For
land, wood, food, and ore
Man
is shortsighted creature
Seeking
gains only for himself
He
doesn’t care what he destroys
If it is able to fund all his new
toys
2. Billions of
inhabitants
Not one the same
But all with one common desire
Happiness is their aim
Along the way,
It is sometimes lost
Time will not stop,
Each decision has it’s cost
The pursuit of happiness is not one single thing
It has no true beginning nor end...
It is the pursuit itself that brings content
Where people no longer have to pretend
Happiness is attainable
Though one can be easily derailed
The basic values are explainable
Do not rely on others,
For you will only have yourself in the end
Originality is key
A copycat will never be seen
Those who get a taste of what it’s like to be
free
Understand that individuality
Is blocked by the norms of society
This strong desire that we all share
Is so simple yet complex,
It’s hard not to care
Happiness brings good to each and every person
It is the base to unity among the world
But first,we need to learn to break free
And be the unique people we were destined to be
3. There is a part of me that’s introverted
And a part that wants to be known
One side wants to be alone
And the other wants to be noticed
I try to fight the side
That wants to be alone
Because how can I do anything
If I don’t affect anyone
There is no reason to be alone
When I
can change people’s lives.
4. When the world is dead,
Blame yourself.
Black, scorched, and without life
Blame yourself
When our children die young
We sicken each other for “life”
Blame yourself
For our life with paper
With coal, with phones,
With slow roasting a planet
Blame yourself
Without cars, only legs
Without coal, only sun
Blame yourself
Blame yourself, unless you help save it
Our world
then and only then
Can you
Praise
yourself.
5. Stand up to your fears,
make them tremble at the
sight of your face
Stand against those who
belittle you,
they cannot tear you down
as long as you believe that they cannot
Stand up for yourself,
even when your own mind
betrays you
Stand with your sisters,
your brothers,
your friends,
build them up just as you
have been built up before them
Stand up for your beliefs,
your truth,
your mind,
and your heart, never leave
them behind,
they are your greatest
tools
they are too precious to be
carelessly tossed aside
