As I see my daughters bombarded with provocative images of today’s popular
young female stars, I can’t help but notice that there is a lifestyle that is being
promoted; and it burns within me
*
Foul mouthed little divas
Flaunting your stuff out in the street
Preaching your twisted religion
Acting like all that dirty talk makes you powerful
*
You’ve dressed that old bondage in lingerie
And you’ve called it liberation
You’re full of tattoos and attitude
But a generation of babies is starving at your breasts
*
You’re kicking down the picket fence
And dragging our girls to your vacant lot
A place where they’ll lose more than just their innocence
And where their souls can be sold to the highest bidder
*
As I see my sons bombarded with images of “successful” males, who ruthlessly
pursue their own desires and seemingly bear allegiance to no one else, I can’t
help but notice that it’s sending them a message about what it means to be a
“real man”; and it burns within me
*
Foolish little boys
So distracted and often brutal
You talk like big men
But you can’t even keep your pants from falling down
*
You were meant to lead and protect
But you’ve found that interferes with your playtime
History will surely remember you
As the men who produced a fatherless generation
*
You’re tearing down the house
And dragging our boys to your vacant lot
A place where they’ll lose more than just their innocence
And where their souls can be sold to the highest bidder
*
As I see our elected officials, tossing verbal barbs at one another, while a genuine
national crisis grows steadily worse, I can’t help but wonder what that will
mean to our country’s future; and it burns within me
*
Greedy little opportunists
Making promises you can’t keep
So full of empty rhetoric
So willing to exploit our deepest fears
*
You were called to guide a nation
But you’ve padded your pockets instead
History will surely remember you
As the men who bartered with the soul of a nation
*
You’re burning up our once green pastures
And transforming them into vacant lots
A place where we’ll lose more than just market-share
And where the enemies of freedom will one day reign
*
As I watch our culture systematically dismantle the foundation on which our
prosperity was built, I can’t help but wonder if we haven’t already lost the
character that will be required to restore it
Nice, and passionate
I wish one of these “artist’s” could read this and it make a difference in their life.
~ Anita