Poetry Thursday 48 - Humanity Rules

So it's all over.  Well, almost there is still the football but the election is done. One message that has come through from post-election speeches is the requirement for the government to serve. 

Humanity Rules

 

So the election is over, Euros nearly over,

what will we do until the next turnover?

It was only politics or a sport,

not life or an end of term report.

 

There seems to be a need to compete,

to prove to everyone else that we are complete

humans who can do what it takes to attain,

that we have an above average functioning brain.

 

And it seems to be accelerating at a rate,

we use to have years to change but now can’t wait.

Coupled with the desire to fiscally feed,

to get more cash to support our accepted greed.

 

One time, one job for one family was sufficient,

one parent to raise the children efficient,

no teachers parenting, when they went to school,

parental responsibility at home was the rule.

 

But now we have a drive to get things,

to fill our spaces with what money brings,

but aren’t the people here more important

and the love they give more significant?

 

A familial mantra - want never gets,

trimmed the desire for acquisition upsets,

focussing on the real human need thereof,

for uncomplicated and unconditional love.

©David L Atkinson July 2024 

God Bless