The Deep Society Facade Poem by Rose Kanana

Suppose all the mask was unmasked
Would the 'celibate' priest
Stand on the pulpit and preach celibacy?
Would the Convent have virgin nuns?
Would the dogmas of religion still hold us ‘hostage? '
Would we stop killing
In the name of who and what we believe in?
Just a random thought on religion I pen here


Suppose all the mask was unmasked
Would the medic who took the oath to serve
Feel guilty for watching
That innocent citizen passing on?
Would they have the guts?
To face the patients
After every cyclic strikes?
Just a random thought for those who spend time in books


Suppose all the mask was unmasked
Would the learned friend
Walk with a smile of no shame
For having represented a criminal
And circumventing justice?
Is the innocent serving a sentence?
For wrongs that the learned friend did deliberately?
Just a random thought for our learned friends


Suppose all the mask was unmasked
Would we all
Have contributed to the rot of corruption
That small token you gave the cop
To avert the ticket of speed driving
Did you cause more threat?
To the fight against corruption
Just a random thought for all of us


Suppose all the mask was unmasked
Would all of us be accused?
Of racism, nepotism, tribalism, clannism
That little effort you made
To ensure your ‘own' gets through a long list
Are we all guilty as charged?
Let us all take a walk through our conscience
Just a random thought for all of us