What’s going on

Death is all around me
I can't believe I'm here
A friend lies down and dies
We lose another one so dear
Another person another soul
Lost to heavens beckoning
Life is painful as we grow old
I used wish bad things would happen
To those who hurt me
or made me feel bad
Some of those people are gone
and some are the best friends I've ever had
It's funny how we change as we grow older
and how our thoughts rearrange
How what we once believed in
is now something we must change
The world itself crumbling
The tension on her outside
has her insides rumbling
As part of her evolution
I'm sure that I've let her down
I'm certain we are merely a by product
of our own design and corruption
Use the knowledge and wealth that we have
Cure what ails us correct what fails us
Instead of fighting for a piece of her
Fight for peace for her
To prevent extinction avoid destruction
The walls are closing in on me
The world is behaving terribly
The violence we were too blind to see
from a distance
Is now happening right here in front of me
What have we become
A world based on the number one
So selfish and self centered
We care about no one but ourselves
We dispose of elders and loved ones
as we do lighters and diapers and cars
Things used to last forever
Things that were dirty got washed
We took pride in what we had
and who we were.