• I live in a world of esteemed class,
    Girls in bows with shoe buckles of brass,
    I live in a world of slackened ties,
    Youthful faces with dreary eyes,
    A world with order and uniformity,
    A world demanding of conformity,
    A place where individuality is suppressed,
    But all the people are so well-dressed.

    I live in a world with supreme authority,
    Where reputation is the top priority,
    Where thoughts and feelings matter no more,
    Imagination dead and ideas ignored,
    In favor of logic and science,
    A change of heart met with no defiance.

    I live in a world where dreams are fairytales,
    Where honesty is just a word and love a fable,
    A world where failure is the greatest shame,
    Because importance lies in the worth of your name.

    I live in a world with a brief dawn,
    Where childhood is short-lived and long gone,
    Soon replaced by duty and responsibility,
    Children poised with air of nobility,
    A world of grotesque, miniature adults,
    Who are solely concerned with seeing results,
    A world so obscure and so bizarre,
    Where numbers on paper determine who you are.

    I live in a world that struggles for power,
    Obsesses over force and might every hour,
    A world where power is the only way,
    “Powerful people come out on top”, as they always say.