Billions to fund a campaign
But, there's no money to educate the young brains
Billions to fund a campaign
But there's no funding for those that strain
Are billions really needed to win?
Would it not be easier to speak from your heart with an honest smile
And not a sinister grin?
Re-distribution of wealth?
I don't want a hand out
Just a little compassion
And free health
We don't want to chose between life, or food on the table
When emergency health costs our rent check
We chose the latter
And hope we remain stable
Oh, I forgot we're forced to pay for it now
When we can't afford to buy groceries
It slithered in as a "tax"
And I bet the healthcare corporations had nothing to do with this atrocity
Other countries do it and flourish
But we're so scared of that ***** word
Even though it's been used to benefit and nourish
Their sick and their fertile
Some can't even afford
To pay for the necessities
But your rich friends take our hard earned money
And you give them lavish subsidies
Tax less the rich
And more the working man and woman
Because our lives don't mean a thing
We're just ants to which you burn
You're funded by the private
The unspoken
Yet we work until we are battered
We sweat until we are broken
Some can't afford to pay for dinner
But yet you take away our homes
You leave us cold and weathered
Humiliated and alone
There is no justice
It was blind, but now it's six feet under
Raise her from her grave
Lift her veil, so she can see the blunder
This poem is imperfect
But so are all we
You think you know what is best
But it's not best for this land of the free
You're turning it into a prison
Where the lies are the warden
Trapped inside is the truth
Everyday it's ***** and broken
Take heed your actions
And think hard of your decisions
You have a nation as your child
Raise us right and hold an honest vision
Sep 21, 2012
Sep 21, 2012 at 5:38 AM UTC
Billions to fund a campaign
But, there's no money to educate the young brains
Billions to fund a campaign
But there's no funding for those that strain
Are billions really needed to win?
Would it not be easier to speak from your heart with an honest smile
And not a sinister grin?
Re-distribution of wealth?
I don't want a hand out
Just a little compassion
And free health
We don't want to chose between life, or food on the table
When emergency health costs our rent check
We chose the latter
And hope we remain stable
Oh, I forgot we're forced to pay for it now
When we can't afford to buy groceries
It slithered in as a "tax"
And I bet the healthcare corporations had nothing to do with this atrocity
Other countries do it and flourish
But we're so scared of that ***** word
Even though it's been used to benefit and nourish
Their sick and their fertile
Some can't even afford
To pay for the necessities
But your rich friends take our hard earned money
And you give them lavish subsidies
Tax less the rich
And more the working man and woman
Because our lives don't mean a thing
We're just ants to which you burn
You're funded by the private
The unspoken
Yet we work until we are battered
We sweat until we are broken
Some can't afford to pay for dinner
But yet you take away our homes
You leave us cold and weathered
Humiliated and alone
There is no justice
It was blind, but now it's six feet under
Raise her from her grave
Lift her veil, so she can see the blunder
This poem is imperfect
But so are all we
You think you know what is best
But it's not best for this land of the free
You're turning it into a prison
Where the lies are the warden
Trapped inside is the truth
Everyday it's ***** and broken
Take heed your actions
And think hard of your decisions
You have a nation as your child
Raise us right and hold an honest vision
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