Unequal World

• Athifah Wijoyo, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2015

Role models these days
Are the ones that get paid?
To brainwash the minds of the youth, they craze
We separate ourselves from the true meaning of life
And follow the one that we should despise
The one that leads us a bad life to live
Instead of the ones with benefits to cherish
What have we come to?
To call a person on a wrecking ball brave
When people around the world live to face
A life that we can’t even portray
These days, people are corrupt
People on stage get better paid than those in bad luck
Those sweeping the streets
And those with less needs
Are being ignored even by the rich