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Jumzee Mercurial
Student @ Gss wuse zone 3
Student @ Gss wuse zone 3
WHEN HUMANITY FORGETS ITSELF
<p><br/></p><p>WHEN HUMANITY FORGETS ITSELF</p><p><br/></p><p>We have learnt to dress like angels</p><p>while negotiating with the devil.</p><p><br/></p><p>We preach love,</p><p>yet celebrate another man's downfall.</p><p>We watch the hungry starve,</p><p>the helpless suffer,</p><p>and the innocent bleed,</p><p>then call it none of our business.</p><p><br/></p><p>When did kindness become weakness?</p><p>When did cruelty become normal?</p><p>And when did being human</p><p>become something we only pretend to be?</p><p><br/></p><p>We condemn corruption</p><p>until it puts money in our pockets.</p><p>We demand justice</p><p>until the guilty person is someone we love.</p><p><br/></p><p>We build walls where bridges should stand,</p><p>and deny the drowning a helping hand.</p><p>We measure worth by wealth and fame,</p><p>then wonder why the world remains the same.</p><p><br/></p><p>We have mastered the art of appearing kind,</p><p>while leaving compassion and truth behind.</p><p>If humanity is what we claim to defend,</p><p>why do we keep breaking what we pretend to mend?</p><p><br/></p><p>Perhaps humanity isn't lost.</p><p>Perhaps we buried it beneath our greed,</p><p>our pride,</p><p>and our desperate need to matter.</p><p><br/></p><p>But tell me,</p><p>what is the worth of conquering the world</p><p>when we have lost the ability to care for it?</p><p><br/></p><p>And when humanity finally looks in the mirror,</p><p>will it recognise what it has become?</p><p><br/></p>
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