It's hard for me
the world to see
eye to eye-
we are each
a separate entity -
it does ******
tempt and even lie
but I can't compromise
nor be bought
like merchandise -

its mind is made up
loyalty and compliance
it seeks-- it's hegemony
but I seek democracy
its ideology I can't buy-

how brief and transitory
is life -- I'll not waste away
in being part of anyone
nor any cause
I consider not worthwhile -

in the depth of night
under the stars I walk
in rumination and aloneness
such consolation I feel
and I know I'm totally
free and sublimely alive.