610 million dollars on an election
to prove what?
88 million to advertise a virus
As if we needed to be reminded
And persuaded to stay divided
But the government is not a human to confide in
Not the warm hand by your death bed
Just the tax man
There to collect debt
And suddenly you put your neck out
Because you’re scared
Of what they shout
On repeat.
It’s quite the feat
To convince a population
That their neighbor subscribes to delusion
Whether they do or not
It just causes more confusion
Distraction from the truth and
If we stay along this path
Our say becomes moot.
Remember that at the base we are human
Animals in nature
Not defined by words on paper
We owe nothing
They own nothing
Those plastic bills printed with a queen
are debt
Continuing to cycle
But the grass is free
The trees will grow
The weeds we see
Don’t need to go
The more you see
The less you know
But embrace the hour
It is your power
To live without chains
If only you knew
That all those restraints
You’re held by
Are only in your mind’s eye
And when you look to the horizon
You’ll see the sky.
Life is not defined
By what’s on your ID.
Don’t be coerced to see
That you are just a cog
At the mercy of the machine
Stray away from this analogy
Because the “money”
Has no value
If it is so easily burned on
Theatrics
Then why are we so ecstatic
To work our whole lives
To pay off debts
That go nowhere.
The earth is here to share
So are moments
So is caring
For the land
And for our families
It can be seen so plainly
When our farms are sprayed with chemicals
That only cause inflammation
And immune system depletion
And now drugs serve us the cure
When they’re really in correlation.
It’s the land of OZ
You can click your heels
And return to simplicity
Or remain in your complicity.
I’ll be here smelling the flowers.
Come when you’re ready.
by Kayla Henry
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