The Land We Inherited, The Future We Gave Away
We traded in our unified society for convenience,
turned our hunger into excess,
and our need into greed.
We surrendered freedom for false security,
giving power to those who promised instant gratification.
We called it progress—
but at what cost?
Future generations will look back in shame,
not at what we built,
but at what we allowed to crumble:
The moral infrastructure of our country.
Comfort lulled us into complacency,
entertainment drowned out urgency,
and we mistook abundance for security—
and success.
We starve for healthy foods,
we bankrupt waiting for fair wage,
and we are prescribed beyond cure.
We put up an umbrella, expecting rain,
shielding ourselves against the very economy we desire—
voting against our own interests,
guarding ourselves against prosperity we may never see.
And yet, we wait. We wait.
We sought to blame the newcomers,
those who arrived chasing a dream
we inherited without struggle,
without sacrifice,
without pain.
Every ill, every crime, every problem—
we pinned them all on the ones
who worked the jobs we refused,
who bore the burdens we deemed beneath us.
We are the timid and tamed society,
too enthralled by glowing screens
and fast-moving pleasures
to see the slow erosion beneath our feet.
We stand eternally waiting for things to… trickle down.
Copyright May 2025 – M. W. Van Dyke
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