You are the ones

by MurielVieux

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Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 at 5:19:33am PST

You’re the ones who tell the children

That happiness comes from things

You taught them achievements

Were better than sentiments

You forced them to follow your dreams

Recycled dreams that were once your own

Forcing them to put aside their own

Until they forgot what they once dreamed

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You are the ones who are to blame, for the world having lost its way

You are the ones who are to blame, for compassion in danger of extinction

You are the ones who are to blame, for the adults they became

It was you who taught them that success was about money and fame

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You went from hanging their drawings on your fridge

To telling them, being an artist was being a loser in the game

Instead of teaching them how to be unique

You taught them how to fade into the public

Instead of teaching them how to stand out

You taught them how to blend in the crowd

Today you wonder why so many of your children

Follow along, blended in the cruelty of the many

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You are the ones who stripped their humanity, forced them into conformity

You are the ones who taught them these so-called values of society

You are the ones who made them forget their humanity

It was you who taught them that life was about power and greed

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You were more concerned about them looking good, than being good

You taught them that beauty was more important than personality

You showed them that love was conditional and superficial

Some kind of bargaining chip or worse a reward

You groomed them to fulfill your dreams

Told them their own were futile or juvenile

Taught them a dollar earned is a dollar saved

But didn’t teach them, a seed of kindness is love spread

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You, society, is to blame for our loss of humanity

Today

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