Recruiting...

My friend Chester called me today on my way home from school.
We decided we'd go to lunch, and chill out for a while.

We found ourselves at Sushi Factory,
and proceeded to eat until I felt as if I'd pop.
I don't like that feeling,
but I do like good friends.
Good friends always remain.

Two seats over were a couple of US Marine recruiters.
The closest one to me must have been the teacher,
because his phone kept ringing,
and he gave the speech.
The speech those men give over and over.
"What you're doing is cool,
but what we have to offer is much better.
Do you think you have what it takes?" He asks his victims.

The sad thing is, when he'd hang up...
it was if he'd made his next trophy.
The look on his face was that of,
"Hey look Bob, I got another one".
And the teacher proceeded to tell the student,
how to pitch The Marines.
Like we're just fish,
waiting to be hooked, willingly or Un
To earn more profits for the rich,
In the "War on Terror".

But life is rich in it's own way.
To step outside ones self for a moment and look back,
to see a different person than you thought you knew.
"That's me?"
"That's how I act?"
We need to change this.
I need to change this.

So I change, I...
Evolve.
Into a better human.
A better version of myself.
I know the best is yet to come.