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Voices muted;
Questions unanswered'
Where are we headed?
Are we facing the RIGHT
direction?
Misunderstanding the world'
How can we?
Don't we live here too?
A scent of arrogance,
rancid like the corpses
we've left to rot in the sun.
Buried the past,
and waiting for history
to repeat itself once more.
What ifs '¦
What if we are wrong?
What if history goes astray?
What if we've been led astray
by a leader misled
by advisers misinformed
by the misinformed?
Can we still hear the objectors?
Are the objectors RIGHT?
If they are,
can we still silence them?
Those silenced
grow louder'
Building a chorus
to be heard.
Still the voices are gagged;
hands tied to their tongues,
waving a flag upside down.
Blackmailed.
Labeled.
'Not RIGHT!'
We've given up humility'
Why be humble,
when we can be RIGHT?
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I get it! We are a country being mislead lead astray, sadly we are the ones that choose those with the empty promises of a better tomorrow...great insight you have on political injustice. Very good poem...it makes you think.
Quite a politcal commentary. I liked "What if weâ??ve been led astray/by a leader misled/by advisers misinformed/by the misinformed?" It really emphasized just how wrong we can be. Great job.
