Don’t You Feel the Shame?

How do you not feel it?
How do you not feel ashamed of yourself?

Sitting there.
Laughing like an idiot.
No plan.
No goals.
No desire to achieve.

You’ve let the system bend your will.
You’ve broken your own word.
You’ve betrayed yourself.

And yet—
you sit there, laughing like a moron,
surrounded by other morons.

Don’t you feel it?
That deep sting of shame in your soul?

Your ancestors fought bloody battles
just so you could exist.

Your parents are aging,
breaking their backs,
sacrificing their strength and beauty—
just so you could have a chance at life.

Look at them.
Look at the wrinkles carved into their faces.
Look at the calluses on their hands.

And you…
you sit there scrolling,
wasting time,
laughing.

Like it’s all just a joke.

Have you lost your mind?
What the fuck are you doing?

It enrages me
how ungrateful some of you are.

Ungrateful for the pain,
the sacrifice,
the suffering that was endured
so you could breathe.

Ungrateful for the opportunity the universe handed you—
to live,
to fight,
to build.

Put your phone down.
Go to the mirror.
Stare into your own eyes.

Are you proud of what you see?
Are you satisfied with yourself?

If not—
change it.
Immediately .

-Yanni