Babies crying for attention
Adults arrested for violations
Basic needs not met
Years of living with regret
Lovers quarrel in the night
Only ending their needless plight
Nights end in modern day Babylon
Bullets fly through the yard
Allowing man to become hard
Buildings burn to the ground
Youthful innocence isn’t found
Liars begging, cheating, stealing
Our souls never feeling
Never believing in modern day Babylon
Bricks collapse from wear
Always fighting what we fear
Brave soldiers carrying on
Yearning for the last con
Looking forward to the end
Oblivious of one called friend
Narcissism in modern day Babylon
99 WORDS
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Angela Death 
I like that you recognized our modern day Babylon.
Thanks!
Powerful writing here – and I love the acrostic. Very well done.
Ooo, and I’m a huge Mercedes Lackey fan too – especially the Valdemar books. (I caught sight of your Goodreads.)
Thank you! Yes, she is an amazing writer. I need to get caught up on the series, there are a few left that I haven’t read yet.
Acrostic rap!
Acrostics like this are tough – really good job!
Thank you. It took a lot of edits and I’m still questioning if it is exactly right. Add to the fact that it had to be exactly 99 words and it was an interesting writing experience! lol
Impressive acrostic! When you look at it like this, our world is not a very pretty place.
Thank you! And, no, it’s not. But, when you look past the human factor, it is glorious!
Brilliant!
Thank you! 🙂
Nicely done!
Really impressive and thoughtful. Thank you for linking up. Don’t forget to come back and vote.
Thank you and I will.
What an amazing piece portraying that nothing has really changed-we human beings continue to be av greedy,selfish and hence a sad lot!
Thank you for the compliment. Yes, it is true. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
It was a lovely read Angela:-)
Thank you. 🙂
🙂