Category: #poetry

Dragons to slay.

jamie

The elite are dragons, sitting on a huge piles of gemstones and gold that they stole from us all. Where are the heroes who might slay these dragons? Weilding words instead of swords, we poets and dreamers of words, must strike down the lies and manipulation to see the truth.

Look around you. The guy who doesn’t look like you is just like you. He goes to work. Loves his family. Wants to be safe. Secure. Where he’s from or who he voted for, if he voted at all, doesn’t make him the enemy. Our differences are our strengths, but not if we allow them to be turned into fear, violence, or hate, by those who profit from selling safety and guns.

War is never a good option.
Love of money IS the root of all evil.

Violence for gain is always a criminal act. Taking something that does not belong to you by force is always wrong. They taught us this in kindergarten.

So…Using the largest war machine in the history of the world to plunder resources from sovereign nations, all to feed the insatiable greed of the wealthiest among us…what would you call that?

We are now just pirates. Thieves. Armed to the teeth, but scoundrels across the seven seas are we.

We destroy democracy around the world to install capitalism. Now they are destroying democracy here. To get richer. Steal more.

We work, build, create. They profit. They steal. They exploit. They degrade. They turn us against each other, praying we won’t figure it out. But we aren’t idiots. Nobody is fooled

When we vote, we place trust. That democracy will prevail. Money and lies cannot hide the truth forever, because we already know that they have betrayed us. They have sold us out for plunder. They grow richer, as our lives suck more and more.

They want me to blame YOU. But I blame THEM. You and I have so much more in common than we have with THEM. They betrayed us. They lead a life of privilege and comfort, earning many times minimum wage. They give us two choices, and the other one is always the problem. Blame just don’t cut it. It’s WWE level fake. We see it.

The problem is that there are only two choices and neither one is good. Two party rule is basically one party rule. It’s too easy for a few rich folks to rig everything. So everything is completely rigged. They are showing us. In plain sight.

We see it. Thar be dragons here.
Where are all the heroes?

If (Revisited for the 2020s, with no apologies to Kipling and Dr Seuss)

jamie

If you can keep your head
when you’re surrounded by idiots
who blindly believe

If you dream of a future
where no one goes hungry,
no one in need

If your head spins from lies,
corruption and greed,
from sources empowered,
trusted to read. us the news.

If you care about kindness
and feel pain when others,
are hurt due to ignorance
of assholes unkind.

If you respect all creation,
and don’t understand,
why people and creatures
suffer at the hands
of inhumane humans
who don’t have a plan
to make anything better
if they can’t make a buck,
I know they all mock us,
think we’re all dumb as fuck
keep telling us it’s just
a run of bad luck
while they reap giant profits
Did i say reap? I meant SUCK
till there’s nothing to suck
because they’ve sucked it all up

If you believe in equality
and justice for all,
while living in horror
or hiding or fear
at the hateful who profit
by war and division
and shameless abuse
of the poor and the meek

If everything around you
seems way too insane,
a fucked up new normal,
a pain in the brain,
each new profanity
a breath of insanity,
making the last one
seem comfortable, fuzzy and warm.

If this is a world
that ain’t one you prefer,
and the people in power
seem doomed to make things worse

If you keep falling and getting back up
when the world seems dead set
on knocking your ass
right back to the pavement
as soon as you do.

If making things better
still seems important,
even after all
we’ve all been through

Then remember one thing,
my friend most of all.
The bigger the asshole,
the louder they fall

For so many have eyes
but refuse to be able
to see through the lies
to the truth on the table
in Freedom’s last light
We fade into denial
with barely a fight,
Staring into the Void
of our future destroyed
Pretending the darkness
Is too fucking bright

time to wake up now
the nightmare won’t end until we do
If…

Jamie Gray is a songwriter from upstate NY

Someone Else’s Job

jamie

If you STILL think it doesn’t matter
If you think I should shut up
If you try to justify your silence
Because you fear that bad things might come
If you don’t hold your tongue
If you watch in horror at the hatred
Then close your eyes, walk away
If you’d rather run than fight
It’s someone else’s problem, you say.

I’m not gonna judge you.
You can fucking judge yourself.
After the coming flood
When your world is washed away
Because you thought that
Filling sandbags was someone else’s job

One nation, under fascist occupation.

Twas the Weekend Before Christmas

jamie

Twas the weekend before Christmas
We were broke as could be
We were freezing our asses
By the fire and TV
When what did our half-frozen
eyeballs then spy
Was a snowstorm to bury
All our firewood in ice
It got colder and colder
We shivered and shook
As the wind howled and sliced
Out the window we looked
More snow was falling
I can’t wait till it melts
The basement gets flooded
mud up to our belts
May your Christmas be white
May your driveway stay plowed
May we all make it through
All this hate, fear and doubt.
May the season bring joy
May you somehow find peace
In the dark years ahead
Love and light will not cease.
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