Right to shout

 

Try to take our right to make a noise

to protest against injustice in our loudest voice

but we are not just slaves to the system

we were born into this illness

we are not the symptoms

we can be the cure,

here to make a difference

we all make our nation

not just those sat in parliaments safe haven

 

Don't sit idly by,

as they take away our right to cry

we need to unite,

untie ropes that hold us down

take off rags that blind our sight

make out voice the loudest sound

pound the streets with arms aloft, hand in hand

equals against the corruption that blemishes our land

 

Playing political games,

to bring us to our knees

the villainy

feels less like democracy,

more like tyranny

every day powerful games are played

by those that demand to be obeyed

they dream up ways to make our lives worse

then drip feed us tabloid fodder to sate our thirst

 

Is it annoying that we want to shout?

then we should get our megaphones out

make our voices loud and clear

it’s our right to not live in fear

when protesting against rape carries a higher sentence

than the act itself,

something stinks to high hell

 

How have we walked into this?

blindly accepting

that we must lap up every crooked lie they spill

every untruth they tell

do they hold us under some wicked spell?

or are we all too dumbed down to see?

that the enemy is them, not you or me

 

When you try to force silence

you make words mean as little as dust

corruption rears its ugly head,

as nobody dares speak up

innocent blood will spill

when we can't call for help

because the sickness is deep rooted

when police march jackbooted

 

People deserve freedom to speak out

don't criminalise the right to discourse,

don't lock us up if we shout

because a cornered animal often shows its teeth

let us have our say in peace

or are you afraid that we’ll see through the lies and legalese

 

 

Thanks For Reading,

Peace, Love and Poetry.

Kyle