Internet Morality

Monsters can be good,
angels can be bad.

Recently I've been thinking about that which is around me.
The air I breathe has been weighed by something,
that I can not yet understand.

Smog created by a grey area of mortality have plagued my mind.

I have met demons who are good,
and angels who are bad.

I have witnessed monsters that are kindhearted,
and "just" humans who have terrorized the innocent.

I view a world that is plagued by hate, but preach love;
and people who preach a different kind of love,
are ridiculed by hate.

We live in a world where the idea of,
"you decide what's right, you decide what's good"
is gifted to people who advocate their morality
for a vote,
but those who truly and openly speak are targeted
regardless of if what they speak is acceptable.

This is a society that clings to weapons of mass destruction,
rather than take a look at the real nuclear missiles.
Our words are the most powerful thing we possess.

Using leaps and bounds in technology and science,
we create new outlets for words
but still haven't grasped the full gravity of them.
An apology can be meant useless by the words that follow "I'm sorry"

We mistreat the living
but strive to honor the dead.

I've come to question the morality of those around me,
the people I've believed were just
are now as bigoted and close minded as the people they hate.
Wishing death upon someone for politics has become a new norm
that I can no longer accept.

Monsters are living among us, but it is not those we first see and think of.
It is the monsters who live within the words on the screen,
and the anonymous comments we leave.

Morality is preached by those with very little,
their judgement is clouded by their opinions.
Belief trumps logic,
and understanding is undermined by experience.