ABOUT PEOPLE
 

A world full of bodies,
each with their own concern,
some give an honest effort,
but most will never learn.

Why is being sad so popular today,
people told they suffer depression,
by a doctor writing prescriptions,
without any further inspection.

Why do so many walk around,
acting as happy as can be,
to go home and take off their mask,
and feel so lonely and empty.

Is there a difference between,
either of the groups above,
neither is really being happy,
both seek truth and love.

We must examine and find why,
the unhappiness is there,
to give a name and a pill,
by someone who doesn't really care.

We must learn to love ourselves,
to be our own best friend,
that is the only way to put,
unhappiness to an end.

Taking pills and wearing masks,
are denying what is real,
for time is being wasted,
peoples lives they only steal.

We need to find ones,
who genuinely care,
to guide and teach,
end the nightmare.

We can't spend all our days,
taking pills we don't need,
or painting on a mask,
this is so sad, indeed.

Until you can be happy all alone,
and know life is all about you,
and realize there is no happiness to find,
it is you the whole time through.

People run in circles,
not knowing what is right,
pretending and abusing,
everyone in sight.

To know ourselves,
to be happy as one,
before we expect someone else,
to show us how to have fun.

We need each other for sure,
not for happiness, but to care,
for no one gives to another,
they can only find and share.
 

©Written by: Ed Kassirer
August 4, 2001