
You provide a model for how not to behave
Yet you smile through it all
You care only for yourself
Brazen, beholden to no one
You have no honor
Bereft of character
You will not be missed
You provide a model for how not to behave
Yet you smile through it all
You care only for yourself
Brazen, beholden to no one
You have no honor
Bereft of character
You will not be missed
The teenager remembers a man speak of a shining city on a hill
A land where dreams could come true
(Even if only for some people)
The young adult remembers another man speak of a thousand points of light
A land where people would help those in need
(And there were millions who were)
The adult remembers another man say he believed in a place called hope
A land where opportunity still could be found
(But, of course, not for all)
The middle-aged man remembers another man say carnage was coming to an end
A land that would come first
(But only he wanted to come first)
That teenager who that quickly became a middle-aged man
Often thinks of shining cities, thousands of points of light and places called hope
(And knows not this land)
Imaginary walls
Elaborate ruses
Hidden eyes
Fake safety
Wither freedom
A pretense of peace