STATE OF AFFAIRS

The inland sea is gray today
The waves semi-violent 
They strike the shore
With impunity while
The nearby trees are
Barely moving
There is a rumble 
Coming from the sky
What wrath are
We beholding
No one can answer this
For it is only nature
These forces are gentle
Compared to some

The world itself 
Is in an uproar
With the China Virus,
Flooding in Europe
And in China
Protests for freedom
In Cuba and Hong Cong 
Plagues of locusts
And dictators
Terrorists claiming 
New territories
Iran providing weapons
Russia doing the same
We must be insane

Here, we suffer
The consequences
Of having dictators 
For Governors and
Having a compliant media
Bought and paid for
And Big Tech controlling
The freedom of free speech
Deciding what is acceptable
On their platforms
There will be a price to pay
Freedom has its price
Anyone who stands up
Will be shut down

Here we have no leader
Yes, we have an occupant
Suffering from dementia 
Or some form of it
The ones pulling the strings
Have turned us from
Strong to weak 
The virus didn’t help
But decrees signed by him
Opened the border 
At great costs
Shut down the safe pipeline
Stopped fracking on 
Government land

Reversed regulations
Shutting down businesses
De-funded the police
Watched civil unrest
Across the country
Many shootings with
Countless deaths
Looting of stores
With no consequence 
Unequal justice
Breakdown of morale
Lack of courage
Uproar in the military
And on and on

School closings
Openings ambiguous 
Mask wearing disputes
No coherency 
No leadership
Good men trying, but
To no avail
Control important, but
The giant awakes
People become aware
Peaceful arising
We have paid the price
We are standing up
Will not be shut down

Stanski
July 24, 2021 ^