Lawless Poem by Ken Gilbert

insanity reigns among the elite
calling evil good for prosperity
in a dying democracy replete
with her outspoken insincerity

while poets remember love's lost passion
and country singers write of treachery
our politician's prevailing fashion
becomes worshiping evil's sorcery

note how a lawless leader lingers long
upon dark thoughts of ending liberty
and plunging a once great nation headlong
into economic captivity

telling complicity's redefined tale
throughout every corner of a nation
to common sensibility assail
with propaganda's pacification

forget not the blood of patriots shed
upon American soil long ago
when a government upon freedom tread
and excess regulation overflow

how long a peaceful population wait
for evil to silently slink away
knowing wherefore reality dictate
opposition to lawlessness repay

before her coming distant battle cry
resounds oppression's death across the land
to every person failing to comply
with persecution's lawless reprimand


first published on kengilbert.com, June 4,2014
discussions #248. Copyright © 2014 by Ken Gilbert. All rights reserved.