LEFT AND RIGHT

I really feel that politics has regressed
Yet it never was much from the start
For each generation, the needle shifts
But policy clarification brings no gifts
It always exposes deeper societal rifts
More motivation for all to stand apart
Little chance that all will come to rest

It’s been lefties and now it’s the right
Not centrist, but out at the extremes
Could one now even call them wings
With all the media coverage it brings
And each unguarded statement stings
Reconcilliation is only in your dreams
But with a growing tendency to fight

Our tolerance appears to have receded
Popular anger is now so ready to erupt
Now it’s political correctness gone mad
No way to separate the good from bad
The best chance that revolution has had
Failing governments, one may interrupt
Bold leaders are always what we needed

In Cromwell’s day it was the Monarchy
Even these days, still with threat of war
Whether it’s Ukraine or the Middle East
One should try and recognise the beast
And all to give peace a chance, at least
History can claim it’s been seen before
It is a cycle, not one direction, you see