Words unspoken, resound with dissonance,
Their echoes, falling, through a time of no resistance,
Where beauty rested in the subtle, in the harmony,
An era over, modest leaders, dealing honesty.
next came the ignorant men, parading fear and oppression,
slaughtering the children, a destructive obsession,
that ends only in death, races pushed to near extinction,
the soldier only killing for a medal of distinction.
a young man dies at the hand of a stranger,
one who fights for his family, their future in danger,
Forced into this battle, Thrown into the fray,
Looked to the horizon, for the dawn of a new day.
Outrage growing, to a deafening frequency,
a country built off of corporate indecency,
the rich wash their hands of moral obligation,
as we look to the sky for our own salvation.
We had laid on your shoulders, the choices and burden,
Our futures in question, The outcome uncertain,
We’ve waited a lifetime, and what is our prize?
We watch as the power we held slowly dies…
