Wake up Please

The world torments mankind
Horrors untold oppress all from the recognisable ones of torture
And hunger, wars and murder
To the innermost cravings of our own minds
Where the rich in money and materials 
Ones the rest of man looks up to  
Envies and wants to emulate
Are strikingly unhappy, distressed and filled with fear
Broken marriages, drugs, the whole gamut 
They are filled with misery, the same as the rest
Yes man continues to believe happiness lies in material things
Continues to brood and hamper for more and more
Causing multiplied distress for himself and the world
Wake up
Wake up 
Please

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