I look at all the people
The people that I see
Trying to be like the people
The people on TV
Trying to be so sexy
And acting oh so cool
You think your looking like a princess
I think your looking like a fool
They tell you how to act
And they tell you how to talk
They tell what kind of clothes to wear
And they tell you how to walk
So maybe that's the reason
Why you are all the same
And you don't even realise
That you're the ones to blame
You think it's so important
To be visibly pleasing
All glitter and gold on the outside
But inside your black and freezing
And you think it makes a difference
If you laugh or if you cry
That TV show you're watching
Isn't truth it's just a lie
But still you wake in the morning
And turn on that damn TV
To see what's happened over night
Inside your warped reality
I wonder will you realise
One day if you grow old
And I wonder will you be surprised
At all the lies you're told
Turn it off Take a look
At what's really bright and true
Free yourself from the grip
That your TV has on you
This poem © Timothy David Cook.
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NICE! I love the cultural criticism aspect of this poem, and the message of superficiality that media influence has resulted in the gutting of our civility. I love poems that have important messages and have something universally meaningful about them. Great Job