Just Say No

JUST SAY NO, IT’S EASIER SAID THAN DONE I KNOW BUT THAT’S THE THING IT’S JUST A WORD WITH SO MUCH POWER THAT IT HOLDS. LOOKING TO THE SCREEN IT INFILTRATES MINDS. SUCH A BLOODY SCENE AND NO ONE SEES THAT IT’S A CRIME. PUSH THE POWER BUTTON SWITCH THE SCREEN FROM BLOOD TO BLACK. IN LIES, WE ARE GLUTTONOUS STABBING OURSELVES IN THE BACK. THEN FEED OUR CHILDREN WITH WORDS OF MISTRUST. PUNISHING THEM FOR WHAT WE TAUGHT THEM; LUST. STRANGERS OUTSIDE BEGGING IN NEED. MEN IN SKYSCRAPERS RULING IN GREED. “WHAT ABOUT EQUALITY?” THE MIDDLE-CLASS MAN CHALLENGED. THEN THREE DAYS LATER HE’S FOUND IN HIS LIVING ROOM STRANGLED. IS THERE HOPE? SURE! BUT YOU REFUSE TO SEE IT. WHEN YOU CHOOSE THE NOISE THEN DEATH SO IS IT. THERE IS A CHOICE BETWEEN YES AND NO. BUT WHICH ONE’S WRONG AND WHICH ONE’S RIGHT? THIS GENERATION CLAIMS IT KNOWS NOT WHERE TO GO. WELL, WE SHOULD LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DARK AND LIGHT. WIDTH AND HEIGHT. SOME WOULD RATHER DIE THAN MAKE A CHOICE OF THEIR OWN. SO EVERYBODY’S WALKING WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN LOW. MEDIA CONTROLS OUR MINDS WITH WHAT MESSAGES IT SENDS. EVEN YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS BELIEVE IN THE END. BUT YOU SEE SOMETHING MORE SOMETHING BEYOND TERMINATION. SO WRITE IT DRAW IT SING IT LET BE YOUR INSPIRATION. SO MANY SEE MOVING FORWARD INSTEAD OF STANDING STILL. BUT THOSE WHO ACT ON THIS GET YANKED BACK BY LIES, BLACKMAIL, AND BILLS. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS BUT WE NEED MORE THAN THOUSANDS. WE NEED EVERY ANT, ROACH, BROKEN-WINGED CREATURE TO STAND UP WITH THEIR PASSIONS! BUT YOU’RE JUST ONE PERSON, FEELING SMALL LIKE AN INSECT, SO WHAT CAN YOU DO? I NEED YOU TO STAND UP AND FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOW. BECAUSE WE’RE BOYCOTTING THIS SYSTEM. AND WE’RE SAYING NO. 

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