I Cry

I cry. The tears I pour flood forth as the words in this message. Hopefully, my cries shall be loud enough to draw your attention. I agony through the suffering for which many feel, the pains of these hard times. The river of tears flow for people who have lost their homes, others who have lost their businesses, others their jobs, others their life’s savings, others their financial reserves, others their credit standings, and others left destitute with little to claim of their dignity.

Some people are giving up on subsisting in our civilization. Some are turning to committing crimes and a few more rationalize they are attacking our society altogether by viciously assaulting individuals and sometimes by murderous rampages on others whom are often innocent victims. There is no excuse for any anti-social behavior. People who face the problems which the imbalance our society present to them continue to cope with the challenges of their struggles. But the anguish and rebellion some display does draw curiosity to some of the root causes.

I know life has no feelings; it is a state of existence, so it is not fair. And many of our problems are the results of the mistakes we make. But people who must live through life have emotions and they can choose to do what is the “right thing”. The scales are often tipped in favor of those in control of the balances. Many of the situations we encounter are because obstacles and/or omissions are thrust our way. We have allowed a society to be formed which is filled with corruption at almost every level of its established institutions. The governments, organizations and businesses which were created to serve our needs have instead served us to feast. They reek with rottenness, a stench so strong many of our people are near the point of fainting.

Politicians cajole us to believe their lofty promises while they fill their own coffers with rewards from lobbyists; our so-called representatives have become professionals at telling people the things they want to hear and experts at not doing the things they need to do. The justice system alters peoples’ position in life at a whim of their own discretion. Students are taught curriculum based on the mandates of what the system wants them to know and not what they need to know in order to survive in a ruthless society. The existence of many employees and small businesses is determined by the controls of what edicts governments shall demand and what their elite overseers think of them. And business leader covertly encourage some of their employees to rip off the poor and then turn a blind eye to their suffering.

When shall we reach the limitation of what we as a society can bear? How long shall we comply with being deceived by those whom we have allowed to have charge over us? Shall this continue through our generation to the next and forever? Surely I have felt the pains that many have felt. I am sore from the suffering that seems to never end. But my tears are not for the hurts I have endured; I have developed calluses and scars over the years. My tears are for the compilation of many whom bear the brunt now and those yet to come with following generations. This is why I cry. It is our right…our freedom of speech. We can not afford to disengage from the events that are taking place before our very eyes and shedding someone else blood or committing suicide does not fix the problems. The injustice about us will never alter unless we let our voices be made known of our displeasure with the way our society is being managed. Will you cry with me aloud, “I will not accept this anymore!”