Democracy

Bodies strewn across the land
Here’s a leg, an eye, a hand.
All around there’s poverty,
Unemployment, loss of property.
Funding cuts in education
Making a vulnerable nation.
People charged for expression
Of opinion – that’s oppression.
Is this your democracy?
Not to me. No. not for me.

Something that will represent
The people in their government.
Something granting all a voice
Who decide to make that choice
To speak up and be heard
By verbal means or written word.
It’s what I want, it’s what I meant
When I first pitched that tent.
That is my democracy.
And you’ll be hearing more from me.