Meddle
Calmly waking up to a hot pot of coffee
Moments later struggling and screaming “get off me! ”
You never saw it coming
But someone didn’t appreciate the tune you were humming
Or the strings you were strumming
Now your heart beats more than the little boy drumming
You were placed on a list of a suspicious sort
And someone somewhere filed a report
Mentioned to someone on how you planned to contort
The news being spread with the rest of your consort
Showed them blueprints you authored in black and white
You planned to cut society’s fabric like
The dreams of the hobos and the other destitute
Too bad now you don’t sound so resolute
Who you gonna call when your case is to be settled?
......
You know who to trust when you decide not to meddle
-You’re fighting a losing battle but yet and still you march on
Sun is setting on your ideals but all you see is the dawn
You’re one against a system as volcanic as it is cold
Don’t meddle and get out of the road if you wanna grow old
You talked about environment, abortion, political corruption
Quagmires made with weapons of mass destruction
Obstruction of justice carried out through unions
Made pleads on TV while everybody tuned in
And asked them to “try on another man’s shoes”
If they hadn’t any then “try to chant to their blues”
If they had too many then “take a page from their news”
You claimed “there’s always more going on besides you”
But you put your message on during CSI: Super Bowl
Thinking the super flow of audience would be your super gold
You had the planet for a day and you must’ve felt super bold
Should’ve known your real issues were getting super old
And so it goes the ending of your little show
What matters most is just to go with what you’re told
You’ve got a fire that will never temper your mettle
But no one here gives a damn, so why must you meddle?
poem by P.R. Prosper
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