The Revolution Speaks

Here’s a blast from the past written in 1979 when I was still a heathen, pro-marxist, dope smoking, hippie revolutionary. Here we are 30 years later and it couldn’t be more true with what we see in our country today. The powers that be are leading us into a class war just like it has happened every other time in history be it Russia, China or Cuba. They will fuel the fires of unrest within the working and lower classes, use their numbers to overthrow the elitists and then exercise their authority and power to subdue the very ones they manipulated to get what they wanted. It’s happened before, it will happen again and most American don’t even see it coming. I hope you enjoy this little poem and think about it in terms of what you see in the news daily.

THE REVOLUTION SPEAKS

The Revolution speaks to you;

of Poverty and Hunger
of bankruptcy and scandal
in a country gone asunder.

The Revolution speaks to you;

of money spent for war
when families and small children starve
and death knocks at the door.

The Revolution speaks to you;

of foreign and military aid
as the unemployed line the streets
in search of jobs each day.

The Revolution speaks to you;

and asks what democracy means?
Is it to elect a man to lead us
while corporations pull the strings?

The Revolution speaks to you;

of a change thats coming soon
where we the people means everyone
and not a selected few.

The Revolution speaks to you;

of the Hero’s of our day
the prisoners of our government
who are convicted for what they say.

Finally, the Revolution speaks to you;

of an end to the racism that we see
for we must all stand and fight together
for the things that we believe.