By: Cedric McClester

Despite our call for law and order
Every day drugs cross the border
They think of it as free trade
With the markets that they’ve made
And let me say another thing
We consume all that they bring
They’re only doing what they can
To supply what we demand

I know where the needle goes
And what you’re snorting up your nose
I know more than you suppose
About the choices that you chose
Home of the brave land of the free
While all of that well may be
There’s a huge dichotomy
Between those things and what I see

We have blinders on our eyes
Yet we’re real quick to criticize
Others but nevertheless
We helped to create this mess
As long as they know that we’ll buy
The tons of drugs that they supply
They are gonna keep on coming
Whether or not the thought is numbing

It shouldn’t come as a surprise
That some want us to legalize
The kinds of drugs that we ingest
Is it worth exploring nevertheless
Let’s give weight and proper measure
To those drugs we seem to treasure
Rather than us just ignoring
All the lives that it's destroying

Cedric McClester, Copyright (c) 2019.  All rights reserved.