i wonder if this is what people had in mind
back in the day when they realized they
wanted a better future for their children.
maybe they weren't thinking of their children,
just living in their now.
but it saddens me to know that this is the world
that they created, the now we live in.
they didn't know that loneliness would be our
Great Depression. they didn't know that our
World War would be a war against our ourselves.
the world now has cashed in on our loneliness, or
at least the feeling of it. every corner, every ad,
every movie, tv show, book, magazine, and even
people promote security in sexual relationships.
i wish it wasn't so. i wish people knew that they
don't need the girl with the seductive smile on
her lips beckoning you to buy more of the stuff
you don't need. i wish they knew that all "good"
guys aren't as good looking, athletic, or talented
as they should be. i wish that we knew that girls
and guys don't look like all the models in the magazines.
i hope that one day guys won't need to numb their
loneliness by looking at girls on the screen who are
actually worth more than the clothes they take off.
i hope that girls will find what they need in guys, not
what they want.
i wonder if the freedom that Kinsey and Hefner gave
to us was freedom at all. all i see are people who
want more and more distractions to keep them from
facing truth. we have become trapped, shackled by
our desires to compromise. to give to each individual
the right to do whatever they want as long as it
doesn't hurt anyone else.
half of marriages end in divorce, porn as become a
multi-billion dollar industry, teen pregnancies are
higher than they were 50 years ago. since when did
sex become as casual as sharing a drink.
i would like to go back to that time when someone
had the choice, had the voice to decide our future
and tell that person about the world we live in.
i'd ask him if he'd want to live in this world. if
he'd want this children and grandchildren to live
in this world.