Echoes of existence

Living day to day
As though you'll live forever
Wasting away life
As though you'll have another
Not understanding
That what we have is a gift
No matter how we were created
We should be thankful to exist

You’re always thinking
Of what you don’t have
You really never
Appreciated what you were given

Are you afraid to accept
That death awaits
You'll realize what you
Took for granted
When you lose everything
Don’t be afraid to accept
The fate we all face
Some may never know what it’s
Like to have anything

And yet you’re always thinking
Of what you don’t have
Do you even realize
All that you have

I want more
The chant of our
Generation
Selfish minded hordes
The silence of those with nothing
Is louder than a selfish cry

Can we change at all
Or will we be trapped inside
Our never satisfied minds
And hide behind
The frivolous items that we all buy
Like a plague
Infecting newborns immediately
With human defects we find perfect

Can you describe colors
To a blind man
Can you explain parents
To an orphan
A girl in a coma
Can't feel her sister’s touch
You cry over petty misfortunes
When you have so much
Take a step back
And see how lucky you are
Your time is running out
Faster than you know