Poem - 18 October 2017, 08:44

Democracy and freedom are waving goodbye.

They're leaving through the cracks in the sky,
from the salty tears of a lonely mothers cry,
they're leaving the family dinner at sunset,
and the hard working hands of a fathers sweat,
we can see it in our minds eye,
from the war on terrorism,
and the flashing of lights night and day,
from social activism, hedonism and stoicism,
they're leaving the hearts who selfishly pray,
its leaving the mouths who tell comforting lies,
democracy and freedom are waving goodbye.

Its going through the holes in our white picket fence,
to the beggars who ask for fifty cents,
from the children studying for a degree,
and the philosophers who cannot agree,
I nod my head in feigned understanding,
Its leaving in the silence between heartbeats,
and the welcome melody of a church bells ring,
its heard in the screams of the ghetto streets,
and in the mortified pleas of an innocent mans sentence,
they're fading wisdom from the Declaration of Independence,
you can hear it in the mournful sigh of Lady liberty,
democracy and freedom are waving goodbye.

Its the final echo that brings the silence,
and the cries of children seeking acceptance,
from the womb to journeys end tomb,
its the fading steam in the bathroom,
and the last orgasmic scream in the bedroom,
from the dividing line of us and them,
to the lost souls who quietly succumb,
and the fading reminders of bloodstained streets,
and bullets fired from arrogant trigger happy police,
to friend and family who no longer drop by,
democracy and freedom are waving goodbye.

Its seen in the cameras that watch our every move,
and heard in the melody of a singers groove,
its felt in that last tear filled embrace,
and the crushing low morale of the workplace,
its tasted in the fish caught in the river,
its the ghost that walks through you when you shiver,
its the sun slowly sinking over the far away horizon,
and seeing the darkness in our own prison,
deep inside we know and soundlessly cry,
democracy and freedom have waved goodbye.

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