Eighteen

Why do we lay on our backs,
as our society gets raped?

100,000 teenage suicide attempts,
year to date!
Do they need to cry louder,
can you still not hear?

Why do we lay on our backs,
as our society gets raped?

22 percent of children are killed,
before they had chance to breath.
Is there no more love,
for the unlovely?

Why do we lay on our backs,
as our society gets raped?

Another person has become,
dependent to a substance.
Why do we look away,
to those who need us most?

Why do we lay on our backs,
as our society gets raped?

13 million of our children,
lay in poverished conditions.
In a country with such wealth,
how can we let our children die?

Why do we lay on our backs,
as our society gets raped?