urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:lizzyxloveless3 lizzyxloveless3 lizzyxloveless3 2008-09-08T03:35:26Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:lizzyxloveless3:701 2008-09-08T03:35:26Z 2008-09-08T03:35:26Z Box Full of Sharp Objects-The Used The World Is Burning<br />Swimming in its own Disreguard of Poverty<br />Ignoring the cries of the hungry<br />Children Dying<br />People lying<br />Saying things will get better<br />Ha, they won't<br />Communities will continue to their ultimate downfall<br />They will parish until we get up and do something<br />We sit around in our homes<br />While a child in Africa Dies<br />Entire countries starve to death<br />Epidemics sweep entire continents<br />Destroying families around the globe<br />What can we do?<br />Everything.<br />Feel guilty?<br />You should.<br />Our whole nation should. <br />Our selfishness has caused this<br />Ignorance is becoming obvious<br />Every time a child dies<br />We should feel their pain<br />We should be the one weeping.<br />But no<br />The government just shrugs.<br />&quot;Oh things will get better.&quot;<br />Not unless we the people of America do something about it.