In consequence of actions
of ground-breaking dissatisfaction
I find myself elated
with the things I find so stated

Eloquently,
by the leaders
who would never even need us
but for the votes and causes
into which The issue draws us
to vote
and pass amendments
to a code
that has thus far led us
on a path
of self-destruction
in defence
of perceived freedoms
that have been tainted
by the greed
and lust
and must
therefore
lead to distrust
in the leaders for whom we’ve voted.

And I cannot lay down
burdened by the
politics that led us here
in a place that is uncannily
drear
for I’ve left those things behind
thoughts of freedom
of this mind
and gone
and lost
forsaken.

Only left
is the mistaken
thoughts that led us to here
a place so filled with
drear