Rise For Freedom

I keep hearing how this election is going to solve everything. I am sorry but I don't agree and this is my response.

 

 

 

 

Majestic sleepwalk in a ghost-land observatory
Dueling the drooling duality of normality and life
I weep
My tongue swollen and longing for a rest
Tonight I stitch these eyes close
Sown this mouth shut
Wondering
Will you be my friend in the end

You can’t save me from myself

I am left ugly by evil eyed glares
From ugly faces that dare to stare at this crumbing mess
Losing a vanishing grip of an imaginary ….hope
Hearing the words repeat…. be myself….be myself
be yourself
Refusing to be another casualty to conformity
Watching as the Dove of peace plucks the warhawk from the sky
Crowded by the worst of mankind
I rise
I rise, fist in air
and as I stand there
Knowing I deserve to be here
because I try
My heart is warmed by the rage
that courses through my veins

Hearing the clichés ringing in my head
I can’t sleep at night
Thinking about the complication
of the implication of being myself
I should know who I am by now
Write line after line
Trying to define who I am
But the truth be told, I, like you
Am constantly changing
Rearranging, learning
I am not the person I was yesterday
Nor am I who I will be tomorrow
and it’s not sorrow that I feel knowing that
That in fact gives me hope
Hope in a small way, making me think
maybe we can all change

Now they say times are changing
but it doesn’t seem that way to me
Seems we need to change the times
In order to find peace
It’s a nauseating feeling
Seeing the naivety of people who believe
By a changing of the guard
All our problems will be solved
and we’ll all be saved
Give me a break
If you want things to change
I say take to the streets
Let your voice truly be heard
Loud and proud
“We have had enough”
Send a message to those mother fuckers
up there
“NO MORE”
No more excuses
No more lies
Do the job you were elected to do
Be a representative of the people
Take off the cloaks of special interest groups
and serve the people
If not
Then we will find someone that will

But in order to truly make a change
We the people must make it happen
All great journeys must begin with a single step
So I’m not asking you to do something
I’m begging you to
If we don’t
Who will?

Author's Note

I am asking you to all think about it and act.

Reviews

[Elizabeth]

Shades of JFK, here. And I couldn't agree more. My B.A. is actually in Poly-Sci... and these same issues have bothered me for years. The apathy that permeates our culture is at epidemic levels. If we can't even get people to show up to vote, how can we hope for grass roots movements for change? There has to be a momentum built...
This piece is inspired. And inspiring.
Thank you for posting this.

[Petey]

This is something every man woman and child should read, hear or listen to. I am for one damn glad I read it to see that there are those who are not so blind and can see beyond the scene that are set up in front of the tunnel viewed people.

[Bethany Woody]

Different shades of grey. That is what I see in this election. There is no black and white, no right, no wrong. It's all just one or the other telling us what they think we want to hear, but they never really listen or they would be singing a different tune. I know a lot of cliches in there, but hey it speaks the truth. I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees the lies and knows that this is not the solution they try to make it out to be. That being said, nothing changes overnight, except maybe a woman's mind(haha), but nothing can change unless we stand up and make it change. The exact message of your piece and I couldn't agree more. Another great write Robert. Glad to be back in the swing of this place, it feels good. And I know I can always count on you to have something new for me to read whenever I've been away.

Mona Lisa