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Vicious Cycles
Gods and Goddesses watch with disappointment
From their perches up in the Heavens
While Gods and Goddesses underground
Watch with anticipation
Mortals fall from their grace
As their vile lessons
Continue a cycle of poisonous venoms
That begin to have countries at each other’s throats
As well as their citizens ready to tear their own country in two
Division grows
As hate teaches us
To no longer see another mortal being
But only what lies on the surface
Skin color
Religion
Sexuality
Economic privilege
The sum of our surface parts
Instead of what lies beneath that
The individual
Greed traps a mortal soul
Teaching the soul
That censorship is better
Then the freedom of speech
Freedom of expression
Begins to fade away
As other countries
Begin to buy into a puppet
To hide their ugly nature
Some speak out
Only for their voice to be silenced
As the puppet begins to follow orders
It reaches out
Find others to trap in its web
As, one by one, more fall to greed
Till a whole country is for sale
The politicians hide in their office
Cowering under the desk at the thought of losing it all
Just to stand up, speak out, and redeem their soul
Violence rings out at the sound of thunder
The source a mortal weapon
From a someone who we are taught
To trust
More die
As no accountability is made
Until it is far too late to mean anything
Politicians posture
They move the chess piece
An executive order go’s out
Just to silence the question
Just to hush the crowd
All the while
A new piece moves
The distraction is put in place
As the needed questions are ignored
Unity
Peace
Discussion
Compromise
They all get buried into a grave
And shoved aside
As the viscous cycle marches on
Drowning out the voices
That stand against it
I simply watch
As humanities most vile lessons
Chip away
Until nothing remains
But ruins and graveyards
