Love will change the world…

That’s what we were told in the 60’s

Love will make you happy

Love one another

Love makes the world go round

All you need is love

We’ve talked of love non-stop for the last few decades

Actually, the last few thousand years

Where exactly has it gotten us?

Are we one step closer to paradise?

Hardly…

Love hasn’t stopped war, cured crime, or erased poverty

Hasn’t even come close.

Look for any sign of improvement and I guarantee you

You’ll only the most cosmetic of changes

Window dressing

Empty symbolism

Factious falderal

Things are getting better all the time the love nicks assure us

What about peace in the mid-east?

What about harmony in south Africa

Sure, there’s peace in the mid-east

In between bombings

And there’s plenty of harmony in south Africa

If you’re wealthy enough to live behind electrified fences and locked gates

In reality, things have turned to shit

Social and moral decay is like an out of control cancer that has taken charge

A cancer born of love

If some people are actually stupid enough to believe things are improving

It’s only because their poor brains are so benumbed by love

That they can no longer think straight

Love…

Sickly love, brotherly love, unconditional love, cowardly love, keep love

A love that says relinquish judgment

A love that encourages acceptance at the expense of discernment

It’s no wonder people have imagined that things have changed for the better

When in fact all that’s changed is their capacity to accept any amount of shit, unconditionally.

So the verdict on love is both bad and good

The bad news is that love has turned the world into a sewer

The good news is, people have learned to love the smell of shit!