Social Disconnect

Now is the time for all politicians to come their senses
The taxpayers are tired of their expenses.
The real cost of government is too easy to hide
The people are weary of letting them slide.
Excuses and finger pointing the main activity
While the money to special interests flows with proclivity.
Be not surprised when the bank goes bust
The tools of industry coated with rust.
The environment intolerable to man or beast
Those charged with responsibility care the least.
The martyrs of humanity thrown to the fire
The populations patience beginning to tire.
Our main goal seems to be happiness and fun
Some cannot find it so they take up a gun.
Postal mentality all the rage
The middle class trapped in a financial cage.
Basic needs exploited for wealth
Sold to the highest bidder the best of health.
No need to worry the governments say
They promise salvation that never comes our way.
The need for explanations, tiresome and bored
Anything, anything to stifle the horde.
When does it become the need for greed?
The rest of us pleading to stop the bleed.
Tales out of school told for the press
The knowledge gained is even less.
The known and the unknown one being the other
The hypocrisy of killing our sister or brother.
The punishment does not always suit the crime
Lying, stealing politicians never serve any time.
What is the difference between stealing with a suit
And the person who holds a gun to the loot?
Are they not thieves, the one and the same?
Who made up the rules for this game?
I like many are tired of the lies by the ties
The inexorable pundits defending their crimes.
If their were but one truth
It's buried in the brainwashing of our youth.
Be that as it may it will not last
For the Light will one day, come to pass.
© 1998 Tommy Barrios