I don't want this dream
or the grievance it brings
Can't justify greed at the cost of equality.
Tangled in endless archaic chains
Of power, profit, gain.
What about the poor
bearing poverty's marks
What about the sick
whose lives are torn apart.
What about those whose
rights are disrespected,
And the nation of our youth
emotionally disconnected & rejected.
It's time to rethink this dream
We call American.
Corrupt beliefs that our children
will call their heritage.
A burdened soul
once searching for liberty.
Crowned in debt as
the new face of slavery.
Tied by design with a senseless hope,
And a never ending rope.
What about the leaders
abusing authority.
Corrupt moral compass,
guarded bureaucracy.
What about those who
died so we can live.
Our complacency must end.
(For Them)
The dream can't be
What it used to be, ever again.
Spirits of the slain
Hide in the corners of my mind,
Screaming when I kneel to look inside.
Stomach turning
& now it's disconcerting
Fight fire with fire,
Can't you see everyone burning.
What becomes as red sight sees life
Only Lies and the mouths
that birth them, sworn to abide.
Cutting the lifeless pieces,
rotted by time.
Strangled by shadows
in the coldest light.
Becoming deformed,
Living hemorrhage
knotted into flesh.
Betrayal lives within the host.
Anchored in the bones,
Surviving on past secrets told.
Our nightmares are made of songs,
hell's choir sings through
The screams of the damned.
So clear are the rivers of fire,
oceans of blood will pale in comparison.
All screams are but whispers
In the realm of the barely living
Unraveled, in the arms that carry.
One last nail
In the coffin of our trust
Where there once was love
(Deprived!)
now there lives disgust.
Grey skies rain down a hail of black.
Put your ear to my chest
and hear nothing but this oblivion.
(Absence heard with clarity)
Just hope it's all a dream,
Stagnation of all being
(We cease to be)
Living as we rot,
Showered with shadows
of dreams devoured.
Our souls descend into endless abyss
There's no turning back.
Getting sucked down
No repenting, no remorse.
(Hate stricken creation!)
I realize this world.
There is not one truth
cast into stone.
Only lies cast into flames.
It's time to burn, burn alive,
Burn at the stake.
Our eyes crystal clear,
our bodies frozen with fear.
There's nothing to save us now
from endless suffering and solitude.
We're losing the chance
to save this dying world.
So we'll pay the price,
of which no one can afford.
(It will be our last breath)
Every second breathes life
into a reason for dying.
Our ignorance will only
stunt our final will to live.
Bound and Gagged.
I feel forced back in a losing race.
I've been stepped on and passed by
but I still have enough hope to fight.
My pain is driven by suffering.
Every single choice I must make,
Driven by suffering.
Trapped within apathy
Spiraling into a cycle of loss
Beaten with a bruised reflection
In our eyes, cursed!! (No fix, no cure)
Tortured with imperfection,
Our hatred is aimless.
(Erogenous Entitled Human)
You and I will never be the same!
I've taken this vow,
A promise to myself to not
be brainwashed by the lies.
I'll never be my own defeatist.
This is my hatred,
this is my vow
Never to be broken.
Conditioned to feel nothing.
We turn our backs on all these crimes.
Cries fall on deaf ears,
and the killing continues.
In our uncaring life -
We are worlds apart!
In this race doomed to fail -
We are worlds apart!
In this system we support -
We are worlds apart!
In my soul - We are worlds apart!
©infj-loki
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