GENERATION OF THE EMPTY (USE ME)
Poem By: Billy Alsbrooks
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Dear Daddy
I pray
Pray that you make this pen of mine scream
Scream with truth
That every word I write be heard
That you use me
Use me to reach the lost
I beg of you Daddy
Use me
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For this generation
The generation of the empty needs you
I need you
Make this pen of mine yours
Love on them through the pages
Wipe away the tears with my prose
I beg of you of Daddy
Use me
Please
Use me
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For I need to know
Know that I exist
Have a purpose
A calling
That I mean something to somebody
That there’s some divine reason behind this mess
Because I struggle Daddy
Struggle to see the point in all of this
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Why are we all here?
What do you want from us?
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I’m sorry Daddy
But your children today
We stare constantly at the scoreboard
Frustrated
Jealous
Angry
Victims of a material world
Drowning in things that don’t matter
Please forgive us
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Goliath’s sword is the algorithm
The newsfeed
The enemy’s a drug dealer preying on our vanity
We indulge in our fifteen minutes of fame
Then we spend the rest of our lives chasing it
Chasing some invisible dragon that doesn’t even exist
Why Daddy?
Why do we do this?
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Why are we all here?
What do you want from us?
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Our high
Arrogance
Our low
Bitterness
We envy those who seem to be ahead of us
That got the break we felt we deserved
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We’re lost
Lost in a belief that life’s a race
A competition
Thus joy
Happiness
And serenity elude us
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We blame skin color
Politics
Social class
Religion
We point the finger at every thing but ourselves
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We rent
Lease
Or air b n b our actions
So God bless the day
The day that we finally own our decisions
The day that we stop making excuses
And finally take responsibility for our own lives
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Carry me
Carry me beyond these self-destructive ways
Help me to rise
Rise above my own needs
Plant me in the garden of helping others
Use me Daddy
I beg of you
Use me
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I want to love
Love you
Love people
And some day hopefully
Love myself
But right now
The wounds are swallowing me
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Daddy
Please Daddy
Make me the flower
The flower that never gets upset
Who’s not worried that he’s not growing fast enough
Whose pedals bloom with love
That dances in the afternoon rain
Who sleeps content at night,
Knowing that the morning will come
Plant me
Plant me in the garden of helping others
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I pray
Pray that you make this pen of mine scream
Scream with truth
That every word I write be heard
That you use me
Use me to show them how beautiful they are
I beg of you Daddy
Use me
Generation of the empty…
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