In these days of social media it's quite easy for people to feel good about themselves and equally as easy for them to feel bad about themselves. It takes a ' like' for someone to feel as if they are good enough and the lack of a ' like' for them to feel as if they aren't good enough. There are those who even go further as to compromise their values and drastically change who they are just to get the required 'likes' to feel as if they are indeed good enough. For some who meet this level of likes they tend to use it as a label to ridicule those who aren't able to meet that level. As we go through each day let us ponder the thought do you still feel good enough after you sign off the internet? Do you feel as if you are achieving your purpose after you aren't able to check on the likes you have received? What would truly matter if the Internet was no longer with us would those who feed your ego still be there?
The death of the young By:©Saccheen Laing I put on my uniform Armed with books I set out in search of a good education. Streets lined with the blood stains of those who fell on the way I'm determined to live to see another day But I have no control over those who believe they can have their own way. Armed with guns and knives They attack me, They assault me, They abuse me , Because they believe they have control over me Because of guns and knives in hand. In my hands I write my plans A singer, an actor, a doctor, a fashion designer or a police man I clench my fist as my blood runs to join those who fell before My plans remain in my hands Never to be realized I am young but that means nothing on this land. The blood of the young will replace the ocean that surrounds and beautifies the land How many more shall die before you answer when I ask why? My mother shall cry and bury her son before he becomes a man My brot...
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