No Dead Alive

subregi

At first they came for our place of worship

Excavating underneath the foundation

Ripping apart the rights in the constitution

Knowing all well that it is no stewardship

 

Then they came for our meagre plate

Banning transport of female cattle

Stigmatising a faith with a stroke of a gavel

Knowing all well that many eat beef of late

 

Then they came for our legitimate purse

Outlawing instantly every day cash notes

Transforming whole life savings to a curse

Knowing all well the impact to the poor hordes

 

Then they came for our identity documents

Questioning our very basic right to soil

People rummaging to find missing documents

Knowing all well the social fabric will spoil

 

Then they came for our daily expenses

Imposing a stiff consumption GST tax

Taxing informal business to a max

Knowing all well the economic consequences

 

Then they came for our daily fuel

Escalating the prices at the pump

Turning everything into a crunch

Knowing all well it is all too cruel

 

Then they came for our meagre livelihoods

Imposing a lockdown as a cruel surprise

Stranding millions of desperate families

Knowing all well the impact to neighbourhoods

 

Then they came for our precious air

Rationing oxygen quota to the states

Ignoring the complex logistics to bear

Knowing all well the magnitude of the stakes

 

For what will they come abruptly

For the earth above our dead body

For the wood around our burning body

For the death of this great country

 

MN 2021.05.08

  • Author: subregi (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 26th, 2021 00:06
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Comments2

  • Lord Barham

    You have both my sympathy and my condolences and your poem cuts to the bone, laying bare the evils of tyranny and intolerance amidst this plague that has buggered up the world and torn people apart instead of bringing them together in mutual sympathy for their suffering.

    • subregi

      Unfortunately your remarks are pertinent and prevalent in many parts of the world today. May this virus disappear from Earth forever!
      Thank you!

    • L. B. Mek

      (a wonderfully impassioned write
      thanks for inspiring my little scribbled reply, dear poet)..
      without adversity, there is no growth
      just endless social ladders
      where up, equates stepping on fingers
      of fellow sufferers
      and down, is giving-in
      because surrendering is so appealing..
      so instead, we allow ourselves to be herded
      hiding in the warm middle, away from all the hurt
      only, belatedly: do we realise
      all that anxiety and inadequacy
      is festering from pools of loathing
      in that river of wilful ignorance
      we helped cultivate: within our heart's..
      so today, its a mismanaged covid virus
      tomorrow its a world wide, doorstep of anarchy
      where detonated: identity politics
      rips-apart our very families
      and the tomorrow, that awaits - after?
      well, let's think positively
      and assume, there will be someone left
      to care...
      (It is not our circumstances, that 'define us'
      but 'who'
      we choose to evolve, in-to: 'despite - them'...!)

      • subregi

        A poetic reply with a message, nice! Thanks



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