Double Back

 Double Back                                        6/2/2016

We who carry the burden

Struggle under the weight

Always chasing the carrot

And avoiding the stick.

Yes I swallowed the hook

And yes I believed the lies

Asleep at the wheel

And running in place. 

A debt slave to interest

And a lab rat for fun

Prodded, pushed

Measured and stuck.   

A statistic to be recorded

And a number to be checked

Tracked as a consumer

And motivated by threat.  

The end looms

And that is the desperation

As all of us awaken

And stare at the truth.

We tried

And we ran

Furious against the wheel

But in the end

We always lose

And die. 

Prostrate to the few

For favor and for life

The new feudal subjects

To be fleeced and mocked.

Crushed by the knowledge

That it was all a lie

That our dreams were sold

Three generations ago. 

It hurts

To know

But it's still a better thing

Than running blind 

And dead on your feet.

It doesn’t pay

But we will try anyway

Holding on to what is left

And dying on the vine. 

We have watched them all

Rise up

And run

Just like us

Spinning in a wheel.

They go on

And then they fall off

Just another notch

In a ledger

Sleeping in the dirt. 

No one dares to speak

And no one dares acknowledge

The heavy hand of hatred

And the silence of contempt. 

Sold for nothing

And blamed for everything

The good, productive,

Innocent and honest. 

See the beasts come

And watch how they murder

Cowardly striking

Their face in a mask. 

They always double back

Because they cannot stand to lose

The ugly side of man

Violent and cruel. 

They wallow in their hatred

And they see the end is near

Unable to face the truth

Obvious as the sun. 

The writing is in the sky

So now see what they will do

Lashing out at the good

With malice, hate, and death.