When my words are asked in demand
When my hands are requested on alliance
When my legs are borrowed for support
To walk this journey
To stand this ground
To pledge an alliance
Where my stakes do count, thumbprint
Where a queue means possible change
Where my presence has effect, dominoes
And the puppet masters need me now, to pull strings
And I am made a king maker with cast
And I am thus destiny onto them as will
Will I know what to priorities
Will I know what my interest are
Will I be wise enough to know in essence
That the table has turned, favored positions
That the value is on me, precious
That I am with vote, a commodity sort for
A bargaining chip, to state my need
An upper hand on chess game, to win a post
A trading ground, a barter trade, for fair trade my interest
Or will I just follow party politics
Waving flags as my interest pledge, banners barmy
To say it is them against us, foolishly with protest
Two brothers on opposing sides
Who is to build our father's house
To say it is them against us, foolishly on stands taken
Following party politics, Montague against Capulet
Let my vote count, so not to demonstrate craziness
As mine democrazy, my interest is to be seen to as mine
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We all need to take an active role in the political process, to make our votes count. Your poem is strong, passionate, and gets your point across very well.
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very intriguing question...
ReplyDeleteha. love the cartoon...and your thoughts to follow...democracy is what we have made of it you know...a means to meet our self interest over that of the group...
ReplyDeleteCleverly done
ReplyDelete...well, we had just elected new 'leaders' here... & it was really demoCRAZY what we did to put 'em on their position... aww... smiles...
ReplyDeleteIt always boils down to polarization of opponents, instead of all groups working together as a whole. Sigh. Good write, Kodjo!
ReplyDeleteFantastic view. One I had never taken the time to think of in those terms (or, perhaps I had yet not recognized). Excellent.
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