#2.00am

Print media 

conveying that

humanity has been lost

The words -

murder, rape, terrorism,

bomb blasts and calamities

more than any others

appear in ink

And even so,

stay put, 

because 

there's always more to come

The television

switched on

projecting the same idea -

humanity has been lost

Only sitcoms remain

to transport us from reality

to a different world,

if only

momentarily

And social media

Oh yes!

Photographs everywhere 

Big Colgate smiles

portraying the one emotion

reserved for camera lenses 

Dirty politics

eating up the 

core of a nation 

-and of every nation

A flimsy show of power over others, 

projecting, suppressing,

making the situation 

depressing

A mere trace of humanity

is somehow enough

to overwhelm 

but not without, ironically,

well-deserved suspicion

Alas! This fear

is tearing us all apart 

A self-made cocoon

the only remaining safeguard

Commercialism 

seeping into the core

of life itself

Dependency for everything

followed by -

what to eat and where to go,

how to live, and even so

we follow blindly

A mindless flock

herded by politicians

or by religious leaders

Because it's all about blind faith,

following a cult

so we can avoid being labelled dolts

This can go on forever

but leaves just one question - 

Where are we going to end up