A Long Time Ago
Vold Book
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Deep in the black wilderness of countless stars and endless expanse Hidden in the cold, desolate depths of nothing, and lost in forever We come into being for such a brief moment, bedazzled and perplexed Bowled over by the apparent insignificance of our lives Yet struck by the immediacy and potency of our passions We wrestle with the nature of our existence Hoping to find an answer that can reconcile The tensions and contradictions inherent to our predicament Upon the generations of war and plight and famine Some of us were fortunate to be born into relative security With food to eat and shelters above our heads But still the battle rages on all around us The struggle for meaning, and for comfort The search for purpose and for glory On this spinning top, of a world we call home Soon enough it becomes painfully clear That not everyone has our best interests at heart There are those among us who will take whatever They can just to get by, or so they'd say Fueling the bottomless pit of their insatiable desires Building upon the age-old legacy of cynical competitiveness They do nothing to elevate the name of humanity, beyond the limited constraints Of animalistic, primitive tribalism. Carnivorous and conniving Our fellow men muse endlessly at their own inventions And relish in the appetites, they inherited from the flame A solitary prayer is cast out into the deep abyss A hopeful wish that we will not be judged by our weakest link But rather by the strength of our conviction to overcome the base nature of our origin And rise up to meet the challenge: to grow and to live united, together And bound by a common goal: to secure livelihood for all women, children, and men So that none live in poverty, and all come to know the promise of self-actualization In a world so full of pain But still the stars flicker mindlessly above Indifferent to the prayer that hangs over our heads Like a fishing net, just waiting to catch any and all opportunities for providence That may fall from the heavens on high We work and we toil, beneath this net of hope, mending it, and repairing it Generation after generation, while others seek to tear it down, and sell it out For spare parts and traps for the innocent Will we ever come to know the reality of egalitarian living? Why should we accept a system that places the luck of few before the needs of many? And should it come as any surprise, that the skies are empty And no one wants to visit the land where money reigns with absolute resolve To keep the masses fat and enslaved to the whims of the corporate elite? I believe that we are rapidly approaching a revolution The likes of which have never been seen before When children lead and resources are shared with all by all To finally live up to our basic creed that each is created, an equal part Deserving of a fair shot at life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness Our private lives are no longer our own, our data is bought and sold But what the world needs now is a collective vision of kindness and generosity A trust and compassion that's reinforced to repeal the divisions imposed on us By lowly leaders who profit when ordinary people, Like you and me, are sorely misinformed The potential effort of average human beings is enough to Topple the power structures of old and build a new world Where the prayer we send out is backed by a reality of moral and ethical justice One day our net of hope will catch the fallen stars, and our wish for brighter days Will ring true throughout all lands. We will come to see that although we may be Sequestered to a remote corner of an infinitely vast universe, we are not alone For we have each other, and that should be enough for now
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