Unspoken Truth

It is not mathematics We do not need algebra or calculus Or the tools of rocket science To illuminate the truth The truth is naked And displayed in our conscience It is true that we need each other to survive It is true that Love is our bond It is true that humanity is our common bracelet Binding our wrist together It is true that inequality stand against our unity And that injustice is a divisive force It is true that poverty will destroy us And that we cannot continue on this path of self-destruction It is not too late to go back to the drawing board And erase all our mistakes Paving a better path For our future and the future of our children Democracy has served us well But it has its own limitations Potholes, loopholes, big holes of corruption It is not armed against unscrupulous fellas It is open to tweaking and manipulation It gives the winner the power to choke the losers It is an undemocratic system It is not a government by the people and for the people It has created a class of elites Trampling the rights of the majority It created immense wealth for a few Against the common course of humanity It allowed inequality to flourish And poverty to kill our children It allowed injustice to be part of our court systems And rape to be a culture Among the dejected It allowed the most vulnerable To be trampled In the stampede for resources As the decade comes to a close It is time to pause And peruse our conscience It is time to dive deep Into the deepest part of our consciousness And retrieve our long lost manuscript of life It is time to unfold our arms And embrace Love It is time to open our eyes And reject our blindness To inequality, injustice, rape, violence…etc. It is time to stand up And re-define our democratic principles And strengthen our institutions We need brave and courageous leaders Untainted by corrupt practices Not poisoned by power We need to go back to the boardrooms And shred the manuals of capitalism Corporations should pour part of their profits into a national basket And resources re-distributed equally Politicians should be banned from politics And a new brand of politics should urgently be assembled A new form of democracy will emerge A new generation of people will be born And a new path of humanity will be paved It is the unspoken truth