Will It Really Matter?

Will it really matter in 10 years?
When your successful
and they're living off coupons in a trashy neighborhood.
When you've got plush carpets
and they've got a floor littered with beer bottles.
Where you see a sunset
they see through the window of the RV next door while drunken men play poker.
When you have the dream job
and they're stuck flipping burgers for minimum wage.
While you drink champagne
they mix vodka and seven up.
Will it matter in 15 years?
When you find the perfect husband
and they have to settle for one they met while drunk in Vegas.
In 30 years?
When you send your child to an Ivy league college
and theirs flunks out of high school junior year.
How about in 40 years?
When you have the perfect family and grandchildren
and they have a broken, cut off family.
Maybe in 50 years?
When you have the perfect retirement
and they won't ever be able to comprehend the concept, having to work until they die.
Tell me, does it really matter?


Well, this is something I wrote one night when I was angry, very angry. You see, this girl, who I'm not very fond of said some not very nice things behind my back. I didn't appreciate it very much, but I let it roll off my shoulders. Plus, writing this poem did help (: More to come!