All
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All the cars of all the people
that drive them to the places they want to go.
All the houses full of people
with spouses they do not know.
All the jobs with all the workers
that detest their daily routine-
hungry for the fruits of their labor,
yet uneaten, yet unseen.
All the stories that will never be told fall silent to ways of life bought and sold.
Compassion,
kindness,
truth,
love- virtues long forgotten.
Violence,
greed,
envy,
anger- vices that plague the downtrodden.
We may not be able to change the world at large,
but we have the power to change our own.
One day- with all corners united-
true understanding may be known.
All the cars of all the people
that drive them to the places they want to go.
All the houses full of people
with spouses they do not know.
All the jobs with all the workers
that detest their daily routine-
hungry for the fruits of their labor,
yet uneaten, yet unseen.
All the stories that will never be told fall silent to ways of life bought and sold.
Compassion,
kindness,
truth,
love- virtues long forgotten.
Violence,
greed,
envy,
anger- vices that plague the downtrodden.
We may not be able to change the world at large,
but we have the power to change our own.
One day- with all corners united-
true understanding may be known.