21st Century Lament

this was inspired greatly by the Bob Dylan song "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"...and of course, by the current state of our nation...

 

    21^st Century Lament

 

 

    Standing at the floodgates

    Are hopeless lies, unnoticed fates

    Commotion for commotions sake,

    But where does it lead us?

 

    Propagandists pleading peace

    But teaching violence, as released

    Into the empty little streets

    Is all the hate they feed us

                       

    The air is rushing like a storm

    As the president starts to perform

    He takes the stage with fists of scorn

    As the audience stares captive

 

    Trapped inside of their correctness

    No one questions, no one lectures

    While looking at the future’s textures

    Noticing the tunnel is getting darker

 

    Twisted tales of backless truth

    Are taught like proverbs to the youth

    While their thoughts are boxed inside a booth,

    And they are taught to not think different

 

    All of this part of the scheme

    Tarnished time and tortured dreams

    The fabric ripping at the seams

     In which our lives are clothed

 

     Giving up or giving in

     Caught inside incessant spin

     As all that we once thought within

     Has been rearranged or left unspoken

 

     In the distance, imminent plight

     Though we blind it from each other’s sight

     By surrendering to the coming night

     Without a whimper

 

     Heroes no longer up for hire

     As time rides on chariots of fire

     The salesman tries to warn the buyer

     But he is used to false and faulty promise

 

     The best policies are polished clean

     Though most can see the dust between

     We sleepwalk forward through the scene

     And forget we were once honest

 

     Delusional states intrude upon

     The truth which glues the dusk to dawn

     And few can trust who are a pawn,

     When all, including the queen,

     Have been captured