How The World Governments Will Control Us In The Not To Distant Future Poem by James McLain
How The World Governments Will Control Us In The Not To Distant Future
World governments conspire, their grip to maintain.
With calculated moves, their plans unfold,
Controlling minds, their intentions bold.
Surveillance tendrils stretch, unseen, untold,
Peering into lives, every story, every television and phone.
Privacy, a relic of a bygone age,
Citizens mere pawns upon their treacherous stage.
Propaganda's symphony, a siren's call,
Soothing lies entwine, as freedoms start to fall.
Media manipulated, truth obscured,
Dissenting voices silenced, liberties obscured.
Institutional webs entangle, day by day,
Weighing down the masses, keeping hope at bay.
Education, once a beacon of the light,
Now a tool for indoctrination, a blindfold knotted tight.
Economic chains constrict, unyielding and tight,
The wealthy few prevail, their power taking flight.
Corruption lurks, a cancer in the heart,
Nurtured by greed, tearing nations apart.
Technology's embrace, a double-edged sword,
Enabling control, every movement recorded.
Data harvested, identities stripped bare,
Individuality diluted, a collective despair.
Yet in the face of darkness, a spark remains,
A yearning for freedom, coursing through our veins.
Resistance whispers softly, a flame aglow,
A promise of defiance, a future to know.
For the human spirit's fire cannot be contained,
It blazes through oppression, a force unchained.
Though governments may strive to hold us tight,
We'll rise as one, reclaiming what is right.
So let us stand together, unwavering and strong,
In unity we'll triumph, against the odds we'll throng.
For the world belongs to the people, not the few,
A future forged by hope, where liberty shines through.
And so far the title is 'fine' [[except for your use of 'to', which should read 'too'. I'm glad you used 'Will Control' etc., not 'Are Controling', though soon enough I MAY need more control (then I may choose death over 'control') ! !
Who IS 'that' handsome man? stanza 7: 'Yet in the face of darkness, a spark remains'? James, I THOUGHT you were going to speak of me, Bri, & PLUG my POEMS! ! !
'A promise of defiance'? Are we 'lookin' at' another revolution of people against a government? The U.S. government is supposed to be 'of the people, by the people, for the people' according to 1 U.S. president. But...(cont.) it
(cont.) ...the U.S. was also 'supposed to be' a country of 'Liberty and Justice for All'. Well THAT hasn't always been the case, HAS IT? You continue to 'make fine rhymes'. Back to the reading. : )
Oh! I just spied that drink cup 'n' straw in the photo. KFC, Wendy's, or McDonalds? ?
James, for 1- your throwing your? opinions/ideas/beliefs out for all readers (including the 'government, no doubt' to see) AND for your very fine rhyming AND for a nice alliteration or two AND for the flow of the poem (& for the ice cream your sent) , I give you *****.
** the word 'espouse': 'espouse ĭ-spouz′ transitive verb To adhere to or advocate. To take in marriage; marry. To give (a woman) in marriage. I'd only heard the first definition before, that I recall.
I MAY not, or I May, endorse the 'negative-combined-with-positive' outlook you espouse *** (see 'espouse' definitions in another comment; only 1 of them fits here) but I defend your right to your opinion(s) . bri : )
last stanza: 'we'll throng'? I found 'throng' as a noun and as a verb (I've heard it used as a noun only I think) . Throng, as a verb, I found defined as 'crowd upon' and 'crowd into'. ok. bri ;)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/6/2024 5:31:36 AM # 1.0.0.1119
James, I'm through stanza 3. I 'love' 'media's manipulation'. BUT, WAIT. Your poem's words ARE 'media manipulated', NOT 'what I typed from my (limited) memory. I liked those two words for ALLITERATION'S SAKE, not their meaning. : )