... writing poetry!

I've been tinkering with this poem for a while, and enjoyed writing it as it sits at the intersection of my feelings about the current state of society and a central theme of my books (corporate greed and corruption).

I get most poetry aficionados now have an aversion to rhyme. But hey, I don't!!

(Image credit: Sara Fang)

Allegory (or Fanfare for Corpocracy's rise)

In silence, we watch shadows pass

they shape our thoughts and feed the farce

Moulding lives to fit the lies

that see us strive, conform and die

And scared of what we do not know

we do not move or seek to go

But idle in their well known forms

find safety in such practised norms

There is no need to speculate

the shadows teach us fear and hate

Breed small world views and selfish thoughts

dispense with troubling shoulds and oughts

It matters not what's right or wrong

so long as we all nod along

While voices preach invented truths

to justify each new abuse

As newborn Gods, those few rich men

close liberty's gate and lock the pen

Embrace what once seemed quite absurd

they are the path, we are the herd

In barless cages, through blinkered eyes

accepting corporate sponsored rise

The missing light upon that wall

...an absence which now stains us all

....

I'm sure I'm not alone in worrying about the new worldview a few rich men are trying to impose on us. Plato's allegory of the cave is about exactly that... just taking the first thing you see / hear as truth and running with it. 

Sadly, I don't think you have to be a philosopher to see where we're currently headed!!