Friday, November 4, 2011

my "prophecy"

We were asked to write a "prophecy" regarding the world. It was very open and we were given 20 minutes to come up with a song, a quote, a picture, to write, or whatever other form we decided to express our feelings about mankind, social justice, or whatever way we interpreted the assignment. Much of it was in Hebrew, so I was not able to understand what most people said or wrote. On the English and visual side; one person took a picture with a black background and money in the foreground, another read the song "wear sunscreen" (or whatever its called), another read a quote from the John Mayor song "waiting for the world to change", someone else referred the group to a movie and a song which concentrate understanding a cycle that people get stuck in and not to judge people based on what "they're best" is. Here's what I wrote:

You exploit your workers til they feel pain,
You reap the gain that comes from their daily strain,
Good intentions you claim as they're driven insane.
They come out maimed as you sit on your thrown in vain.

You keep people down and think that your tough,
But what you don't realize is that life for them is rough,
And the strength that they have is stronger than your monetary love.
With a little help they will get through this stuff,
And they'll come out the other side like a diamond in the ruff.

As you lie on your self-proclaimed death bed,
You'll realize what you should have done instead,
Was to work together to move ahead,
and together you could have positively progressed and the road to prosperity you would have led.

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