The lost policy of honesty

Honesty’s a policy

that most I know would like to see

passed down and carried on by their offspring

An open heart is a good start

to see division soon depart

and the possibilities that it would bring

Yet each hour those in power

our rights and liberties devour

through the opposite of those ideals they preach

Sending drones, tapping phones,

creating riches built on bones,

it seems deception and lies are all they teach

Travel rorts, elections bought,

no justice found in corporate courts,

it seems forked tongues are now the order of the day

Seas of gold see’s ethics sold

by those within the ruling fold,

corruptions there and its quite openly on display

The creation of elite stations

responsible for any nation

creates kleptocracies and oppressive brutal force

A policy of mutiny

against a real democracy

see’s us forced upon a crass subverted course

How much more can we endure

of these elected corporate w****s

before they tip us past the point of no return?

The global arms race, nuclear powers face,

and the plans to militarise outer space

will light the wick with which our planet burns

But the affliction of our addiction

to a consumer crucifixion

seems to have blinded us and promoted apathy

We lose traction through distraction,

 and there’s no one-way transactions,

there will be no arm chair view of breaking free