Did We Not Learn?

I feel we may be on the verge of night

As the darkness is slowly setting in

Lying like a heavy, claustrophobic, blanket

And that darkness conceals the sin

Of the many who through despair,

Or perhaps stupidity, have been drawn in

It’s a bloody twilight, threatening us all

It’s like a sickness or a plague

Anger, resentment and hatred

Perhaps, its simply frustration

A lack of understanding and an ability to cope

People losing their way, expressing lost hope

Besieged daily with untruths

Corrupt leaders striking popular poses

They stink, but still smell like roses

To their frightened adoring masses

As they ratchet up the untruths

Fingers on the hatred button

Empty promises from a power glutton

And as darkness slowly falls

We despair for what had been

The promise of yesterday extinguished

Amid this growing stupid hatred

Stirred by the guardians of darkness

Color, religion, gender, politics

Whose team are you on?

I tell you this

It’s time to chose

Or, lose the sight of any new dawn

As night closes in, we forget

How the Sun may look

We forget so easily

How this happened once before

And that time there was world war

Before the dawn broke again

There was incredible pain

Before the Sun meekly shone again

And understanding shot sprouts

Under the morning Sun

Never again, they said

Yet, here we go again……

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