The Thin Line...

When did the thin line between right and wrong become shorter than that of the line at a homeless shelter? Are we as a community, a society, a nation, are we supposed to just sit back and let our freedoms and our futures be taken away from us? Hundreds are dying, thousands are jobless, millions are struggling...and what can we do? What are we supposed to do? Many go out every waking day to gain employment only to be told that due to the economy, they do not have the funds available to take on new workers. They do not even have the funds to keep the workers they currently do have. The thousands of jobless turn to millions, the millions struggling turn to billions.

Weeks ago, results came back from "stess tests" in regards to the financial woes of the banking world. Obviously, the banks need more money. The "X billion dollars" they have already received was not quite enough. Do you know who they should do a stress test on? The middle/working class. Do you know what rate has gone up almost as much as the unemployment rate? The suicide rate. Husbands and wives are killing themselves along with their children. They feel as though dying is a release from this Hell of poverty on Earth. And honestly, are there times where you can blame them?

The economy is so bad, prices are being lowered on everything. Gasoline, food, clothing. Do you know who this helps? The rich. The middle/working class societies did not have the money to help save the economy when it started crashing. The lowering of prices goes hand-in-hand with the lowering of hours at their jobs. When are they....when are we going to get bailed out? Is the government going to keep bailing out banks who are irresponsible with their money and car makers that make terrible products? What about the woman with four children that got laid off from her job? What about the college student that cannot get a loan to finish up their degree? If nobody is hiring for jobs, why even get a degree?

At some point, there will be a revolution. The line between right and wrong will become so thin, people will start doing whatever is neccessary to survive. If the government is not going to help us, then maybe we just have to start helping ourselves. Be it right, or be it wrong.

"Persephone" by Third Eye Blind

She's barely moving now
Warming in the sun, Warming in the sun
I left her colder now
Than almost anyone
Warming in the sun, Warming in the sun

And the light she finds is golden
And I can't take my eyes away
But I'm no longer welcome
And this is
Not my place to stay
Cigarettes fill my lungs
One by one by one
And I wish spring would come
Warming in the sun

And I play these songs without you
In an empty space
With the guitar that you brought me
I pull from a velvet case

Persephone, Persephone
Can you help me?
Can you help me? Yeah
Persephone
Can you stop the moment bleeding?
Persephone
Can you?

Did I hear you scream
Well I was singing in a dream
Naked by your side
The one place I never lied
And all that I can give you
Is an open door
And it all it swings to lightly
I won't be through there anymore

Persephone, Persephone
Can you help me?
Can you help me? Yeah
Did you pass this way
Maybe not today
Persephone
Can you help me?

I pushed away your summer greed
I want the promise of a real spring
Being born again
Help me

All emotion's coming back to me
All emotion's coming back to me
All emotion's coming back to me
All emotion's coming back to me
All emotion's coming back to me
All emotion's coming back to me

I sit by myself
And memories all are one
In the last light of the sun

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