a promising nation sold
all for the love of self
the corruption unchecked
for the hoarding of wealth
was the blood price worth
we were a beacon of light
majority ignored
how do you sleep at night
generations held down
that was part of the plan
gaslight obstruct project
you are coward not man
this wound will not heal soon
a dark stain on the times
you’ll be a name in books
we will pay for your crimes
Corruption Unchecked by Anchorwind | April 2020
Special Note: Watching the systemic degradation, if not outright destruction of what we used to think the U.S.A. was has been a burden on 60%-70% of us all. The other 30% of us or so, as we have seen, have often chosen to substitute their reality in place of the one wherein we exist. I, however, would still like to be on the same team at the end of the day. I want people to be educated enough to learn how to think and not just be told what to think. I want people to be healthy enough not to be trapped in vicious cycles of poverty, debt, and isolation. I want people to have social mobility, equality, justice, and more. These aren’t radical ideas. We were founded on these ideas, and it is a shame the wealthy interests have convinced enough people to vote against their interests. Their divide-and-conquer operation has been so successful we are reaching a point it may almost be beyond repair.
The good news is we aren’t there yet. Fascism and other extremist ideologies have roots here on home soil, but we aren’t so far gone we are irredeemable. We have to not only draw a line in the sand and declare ‘Enough!’ and let everyone know this is intolerable, but drag people kicking and screaming back to where tolerable was. It won’t be an easy process, it won’t be a fun process, but neither was how we arrived here originally. It is often supremely difficult to maintain any lasting optimism, and conversely, quite easy to give in to cynicism. However, we’re in this together, and the battles are worth the war.