Cowards and Unwanted Truths

Accompanied but alone,

Smiling yet crying,

Sad, afraid, but unable to admit it.

The problems with this world, this earth,

They are countless.

Yet everyone pretends they don't exist.

Are my friends and I alone, the sole few that see the truth.

I wish I could do something, anything,

Yet I, too, hide.

Trying to block this awful reality from my mind.

I realise, these imperfections to the planet, the society,

This whole existence, I realise they won't disappear,

I realise they'll only worsen, but I'm afraid.

So I hide.

I wipe my tears, and hide my sadness,

Showing it will do no good,

The world suffers for our mistakes,

Yet we are not afraid to keep making them everyday.

We continue our wretched ways,

Our littering, our pollution.

But I continue to cower, in the shadows,

I'm a coward, too afraid to try to tell others of their mistakes.

I see these problems easily in my mind, I believe them,

Yet I'm too afraid to try to change.

I think "maybe later", "what about tomorrow",

But the minutes, the hours, the days, they pass, as if mere seconds.

Till it's all too late, and I've missed my chance.

The world won't wait forever, it is slowly dying,

Yet I lie in bed at night, and all I'm doing is crying,

I have seen it before, I will see it again,

The government cares for no one but themselves and their stupid profits.

Entire species die before their eyes,

Yet they don't lift a finger,

Self scented, revolting liars,

But no one sees it, taken far away by their lies.

The youth, unconvinced by promises of wealth,

Are all that's left to stand, in the adults places,

Trying to put on brave faces,

The powerful only proving that they're disgraces.

We shall all suffer from their selfish decisions,

But it is the youth, who will have to stand among the ruins,

In say fifty years time, assessing the damage helplessly,

Even though it's far too late for repairs.

Will we too, be overtaken by promises of power,

Will we blindly follow our leaders then,

Even with the tragedy shoved before our faces,

Will we act, be responsible, or will it be too late,

By then, will we have finalised our fate.