When you look @ the world

What is it you see when you look at the world?
Do you see girls throwing up at every corner,
either because they’re boozed up
or because of their fingers down their throats?

Do you see the tantalising friends who try to shape each other,
hype each other until they commit global suicide on the internet?
Do you see women and children, legs and arms gone amiss,
begging for a couple of quid,
turning down food because their pimps don’t need vitamins?

I see all that.
I see all that every day when I close my eyes and listen to the earth, the ground beneath our feet.

I’m told to start sharing.
I’m told to stop worrying.
I’m told to start breathing.
I’m told to stop looking after you.

You and the other one over there, cause you’re all grown up,
you’re all grown out of the shoes your mum gave you.
So know it better, I dare you,
Know it and lecture me about it,
Tell me what it is, what you see when you look at the world.

Do you see beggars turning into thieves to support their wives and children,
to make ends meet in one way or another,
to start running in the streets?
Do you see the struggle for survival,
the fittest most hydrated animals to be kings of their ponds,
roaring at enemies big or small, intimidating everyone?
Do you see the ones who never look back,
a glimpse at the human species, the rest of us who are green with envy,
while we’re ignoring the green of the world?

I see all that.
I see all that every day when I close my eyes and inhale the fumes and odours of the earth,
its wrath and foulness spread in my lungs.

They tell me to start caring .
They tell me to stop agonising .
They tell me to start hearing.
They tell me to stop listen up for a word from you.

You and the other one over there.
Cause you’re all too much on the nose,
you’re grown and you’re too much "in your face",
So you do know it better,
and I dare you to share your infinite wisdom with us,
and now tell me what it is, fucking tell me what it is you see when you look at the world.

April 24th, 2010