Private Reality- Extended Poem by Bethan Ackerley

My private reality,
It keeps me sane,
My viscous abnormality,
Leaves me alone again,
Wondering the hypocrisy,
Your so called democracy,
Your out of date philosophy,
Your government’s autocracy,

Cause we’re praying for amnesty,
Cause your fascistic policy,
That and our “impurity”,
Is causing my insanity,

My private reality,
My private reality,
It’s making me dizzy,
My private reality,

Your private army of fools,
Good citizens of the home land,
They’ll keep playing by the rules,
They’ll give into your demands,
We’re all affected by your conspiracy,
Burning fires and police brutality,
I wish it would return to normality,
I escape to my private reality,

Judged on our nationality,
Our faith or sexuality,
Gender or intelligence,
It just doesn't make any sense,

My private reality, my private reality,
A question of morality,
My private reality,
Cause this brutish mentality,
Is getting us nowhere,
It's causing a fatality,
That we can't repair,

There’s no reason for this animosity,
Yet we’re stuck with this mutual enmity,
Keeping me innocent, keeping me sane,
My private reality leaves me alone again,