Ratchet

Ratchet                                2/3/2016

It breaks your heart

To see it and understand                  

That you were sold out

For almost nothing. 

And I was sold for even less.

Worthless as a ledger

That disappears in an hour

The useless silver

And empty souls.

We who live with the consequences

That others decide for us

No matter who it hurts

Or who it kills.

A bump in the road

And water under the bridge

Something to be forgotten

Like it never happened at all.

Words are not enough

But here I am anyway

Sitting at my keyboard

Bleeding. 

I opened my eyes

Even though it hurt

As the world I believed in

All melted away. 

It was all a lie

And now the secrets are buried

As all that we thought happened

Was not like that at all.

Everyone makes mistakes

Even the good

And even the great

But they have propped up evil

And savaged the good.

Hiding the details

And feeding us lies

Manipulating our opinions

To fit their designs.  

It was bound to fail

But that was the idea all along

Because this ship

Was built to sink

With us in it.

Fighting to lose

And leaving the innocent behind

All for nothing

Scripted and horrific. 

Debating and pontificating

But it was all just a show

To keep us all believing

That there was a choice at all. 

Now we know

And now we understand

Mere passengers on a train

Derailing off a cliff

Abandoned and dead.