Have we become junkies
Addicted to hope and joys
Rainbows and silver linings
All things positive decoys?
We proclaim that
It is just
A matter of choice –
To be or not to be
How does it matter
If conflicts rage
Or forests go ablaze?
How does it matter
If someone is killed
Or incarcerated
For our rights?
They know
We enjoy cheap thrills
And discounted happiness
With easy EMIs on sale
How does it matter
If we are told to teach
Wrong facts or hate
Or fiction?
As long as happiness is
Prime and insta-delivered
Does it matter
If the planet is under threat?
They know we are junkies
Addicted to hope and joys
Rainbows and silver linings
All things positive decoys
Gambling away a future
We won’t be a part of?
Doesn’t it seem easy, quick
And affordable?
Happiness on Discount
Published by
Mad Decadence 