Fireflies In The Dark

like fireflies in the dark, those who stand firm are taken, stamped, and put out... you silence the human cries of freedom, ban books, ideas... ban all thinking. take anything original back to the assembly line; to be remade, reformed.... in the image of mindless obedience... trained to kill, trained to follow... trained to hate. while the lovers of trees, rivers, and mountains... become the new faceless minority.... in the land of coal dust excess, the land of black and white tv. poverty, disease, and drug abuse will thin the ranks of the rebellious. and children without hope bury their children in dumpsters. while the angry poets rage having spent more, done more time... in your prisons than in college. and dead mothers walk the streets crying bitter tears that fall unseen.