You Must Keep Up - A Poem of Life's Demands

You gotta speed up,

do everything faster and better,

even when you just start out

after a long time broken,

'cause we like speed. 

You must buy this,

have the latest electronic toys

and be with the trending styles

or we'll leave you behind

back in the gutter. 

It may not be,

but to my jaded eyes

this is your "good" society now,

as I try to return,

and find more obstacles. 

I cannot afford things

others feel that just because

they have some tool or toy

and I have to show

my success with such. 

None see the sin,

that commandment they willingly break,

You know the one, don't you?

About coveting thy neighbor's goods?

Or have you forgotten?

I cannot keep up

with the speed some think

is making us more productive drones

for a society without soul

who tosses aside hope. 

I'll never be rich,

style I might dearly lack,

but I hope I'm at least

the guy who still walks

his own, personal path. 

And does it quietly,

trying not to disturb others

when he has failures or success,

but knows he falls short

being a flawed human. 

7April2015 - Dyfedd Rex.