I Wonder

Sometimes I wonder,
Did the world I was raised in really change?
Or did something else take place?
Everyday feels a bit more wrong,
A thicker screen appears,
The lost feeling begins to feel permanent,
Am I supposed to be lost?
Are all of you lost too?

Its hard to think,
Hard to breathe,
Is the world around me drowning?
Is everyone else fighting to scream?
Where is everyone?
Am I doing something wrong?
Am I living in a different reality?

It seems everyday the people around me,
Have no morals,
No empathy,
Where did it all go?
What happened to charities being charitable?
Rich giving to the poor?

What happened?

To helping children grow up,
Why is it now we force them to be adults,
With underdeveloped brains,
Teachers have become the parents,
To 20+ different kids a year,
Then say good bye,
Like they were never there,

Why are our seniors being put in homes,
Rather then staying at home?
Being taken care of by strangers,
Rather then family?
Where did our thinking go,
Have we become so lazy,
That we do not even care about each other,
Anymore?

What happened to the world,
The one I was raised in.
Is it somewhere out there?
Hiding, from us,
Or is it lost too?
Can we find it again?
I wish I could know.

Robin L.A. Shaw