Changing The Guard

My eyes have seen the glory of all that we could be

And shed tears of all we are not.

Complacent, obedient worker bees assimilate the simulation

To be all we can be

As seen on TV.

Ever blinded by humanity's vanity

Oblivious to the ripple we set in motion

From cast stones

And convincing ourselves we're all alone

Even when we're together.

We turn our backs to missed opportunities

Cast carelessly aside like unused condoms

And dirty neadles in the alleys

Behind our chrunches.

Where all too often we're taught

That there's just enough religion in the world to theach us hate

But not enough to make us love...

And Jesus wept...

Star-spangled gangbangers

Brainwashed to belive that

Killing is the only way to live

And that you need to take to give.

After all, tell someone that they're worthless

Long enough and they begin to Belive it.

Once we fought for freedom of speech

Nowdays the people who fought against it

Wave it like a flag While having the audacity to cry "equality"

All the while, addicted to the notion

That there must always be an enemy

At the root of all of our problems.

Never taking the time to look in a mirror And reflect.

The truth is simple

Divided we stand

United we fall.

And in the end

There will be no tears of sadness

Or cheers of victory.

Just silence

And a hopeful curiosity of

What will rise from the fall...