Sunday, 6 April 2025

Tyrants

 


Tyrants sit in high places,

so that all can gaze up at them.

Superiority complex,

whilst the common man

is worn down completely.

Lost at sea.

A stormy ocean of misery.

Price rises so we can't feed,

provide scraps, but only

if you adhere

to their list of demands.

If you are in arrears

They will cut you down.

Place you in remand

and blame it on society.

The society they create

by keeping us locked

in our own prison state

 

Disabled? That won't do.

They only need the fit and healthy few.

Our mouths not fit to feed,

not when they need

to protect the wealthy.

Destitution looms,

as devastation sits

in the waiting room,

a bullet to the temple,

no more dreams

humanity has failed it seems.

 

A leader inspires,

makes you want to soar higher.

They don't breed fear in their own people.

They make you feel equal,

that whatever you need is achievable.

They ignite thoughts not flames,

they show love not hate.

They welcome

they don't cast away,

they help

When you are losing your way.

They don't take your map

and place it in a box under lock and key,

so you are unable to find your way to safety.

 

True leaders don't beat up the weak,

True leaders don't make the world bleaker.

True leaders don't leave us on our knees

begging "please don't take away our dignity"

True leaders don't start fights

With their friends, they don't make money

their only aim. They don't play games

then blame the victims

for way they have been framed.

 

Tyranny sits in houses of power,

presidential palaces, political ivory towers,

and they will stay until our souls are devoured,

the riverways soured.

People sit feeling their last tether split.

They should have listened to Oppenheimer,

instead, they invested in arms

to flood the Geiger counters.

Apocalyptic aftermath fills the eyes,

last teardrop falls under atomic sky,

vapour cloud leaves no time to say goodb...

 

 




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