New Blood (a poem)

I sometimes wonder about our society, 
Do we really forget our humanity? 
We kick a person when they're up, 
we stomp harder when they're down. 
We spread gossip, throw around false accusations just for those precious fifteen minutes of fame.  

We become sharks, 
searching for fresh meat. 
We tear a person apart, 
using their insecurities and past mistakes. 
We don't care what's at stake, 
we just attack.
Then, we devour that person's self-esteem and spit it out, 
leaving the rest for the vultures. 

We become vampires, 
smelling new blood. 
No garlic can stop it.
We tell lie after lie, 
We suck and suck the life out of somebody
until they have no fight left. 

I sometimes wonder about our society, 
Have we really forgotten about our humanity? 


(c)Lena Holdman, all rights reserved 2018 

Poet Notes: 

Yesterday, a slanderous video was uploaded by PopBlast, accusing Shane Dawson of being a pedophile. The "evidence" were old pictures and clips of his old jokes from 6 years ago, which were obviously altered/edited by PopBlast to make Shane look and sound bad. This isn't right. He's completely innocent. I admit, his jokes could be over the top and sometimes inappropriate back in the day but they were only jokes. It's called dark humor. He apologized for those old jokes many times. He's a funny guy with a heart of gold. He also has said in many videos that pedophilia is sick and disgusting. He always speaks out against pedophilia.  

Calling anyone a pedophile is serious. You shouldn't say it just for views. Now, even though we know that he's innocent, he has to live with this awful stigma! Don't worry Shane, your true fans know the truth and have your back!! #IStandByShane

Here's the video of Shane explaining it and defending himself: 

  

Here's some happier Shane videos: