Why should I live in fear Why should you live in fear   Threats constantly over our heads Superpowers brandishing military might Small countries become pawns Entertain thoughts of independence Crushed into subjection   Leaders in a conspiracy Lying and murdering As to maintain These positions of power and prestige Smiling and kissing the child A kiss of death   People become savages Caught between hostile boundaries Ready to kill and die for causes Now the importance of your life Lies in the shadow of ideologies   The society degenerates Elders are disregarded Mature ones are used Children abused All in the name of progress   Slowly wasting away Striped of our morality Discarding decency to the wind With nothing left in life But burning souls Naked souls Souls afire.   [Home] [About] [Contact Us] [Poetry] [My Poetry] [Featured Poem] [User Poems] [Three Poems] [Events] [Guidelines] [Legal]