Acronym Overuse is Annoying

Just spell it out already. Using 15 obscure acronyms per sentence that only a small number of people on the west coast recognize is just annoying to the reader.

The living

The thoughts that gave me voice have fled
And so my voice grew silent
a weary traveler, I tread
this world among the violent,
who loud and hungry, have consumed
all living things around them
because they foolishly assumed
no mortal promise bound them...

I wished for sparkling azure sea
I wished the forests vast and old
I wished the rivers could run free
and never could be bought or sold
But though I wished, I went unheard
and the few who understand?
I saw them flying with the birds
and grieving for the blighted land...