Beware contentment
Public announcement challenge entry
Beware contentment
Apathy and fear breed resentment
of the wrong target and then turns to entrenchment
of feeling powerless and cowardice rears its ugly head and interment of the soul begins.
As kids we’re free of choice paralysis
We take what’s given without analysis
Consent is really just analogous to fairy tales.
Out of sight out of mind. A child is just resigned to the fact he’s undermined
constantly. No choice is ever sound
the rock he just found was knocked from his hands and called dirt he can’t stand!
Now the child grew
An adult with wit so shrewd
Worked all his life to realise life was just cruel!
Illusion of choice and power seeped into life and devoured individualism like its cancer
Politicians set worlds on fire.
They hide behind and cower, while people fend and scour for a living.
The wealthy immune to life
The powerful immune to strife
The people immune to nice living. Constantly walking on a knife’s edge
The pledge of safety and prosperity they voted for flowing in the wind.
Don’t forget: You have the power to uphold them to their sins.
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Author's note: not sure if this is the right format for the public announcement challenge (came out more like a speech), but I just wanted to write and this is what came out so I'm gonna leave it here and see what happens.
About the Creator
Mo Darasi
I write fiction, poetry and occasional articles about interesting topics.
Finding interesting ways to write a poem or hide messages within them seems to be my main interesting in writing now, and it's been fun
Comments (1)
I think it fits. Right format or not, though, this is an empowering message that we need to hear. Well done, Mo!