Branded And Tied Up! Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

It has been made extremely easy,
To become part of a herd.
Branded.
And tied up!

Who's to say with it denied,
A humiliation received...
Has not been well deserved.
To be branded 'and' tied up.

Everybody sought to reach,
Dangled carrots hanging low.
And everybody wanted,
That treat to feast.
To grab as much as possible,
With a glow showing...
They couldn't let go.

Branded and tied up.
Nobody thought to think,
A supply of a feast would someday leave.
Many signed their names bold and in ink,
To indebt their lives to things that 'blinged'.

Now the herd has been disturbed,
By rumors of deception to them heard.
Now the herd has become,
Distraught and perturbed...
That their way of life comes to an end.
With possessions to obsess,
Repossessed from them.

Branded.
And tied up!
to a life devoted to be lived on lies.
Branded.
And tied up!
Together in divisions,
And conflicted by religions.
Branded.
And tied up!
To commitments made,
That returns them pain.
Branded and tied up!
Together in the same storm,
Pouring shame and the blame game.

Branded.
And tied up!
Together with their bigotry,
And misplaced hate.
Branded.
And tied up!
Together but together,
They hold their fate.
Together AND however,
They must escape.

Branded.
And tied up!
Together with their bigotry,
And misplaced hate.
Branded.
And tied up!
Together but together,
They hold their fate.
Together YET however,
They must escape.

It has been made extremely easy,
To become part of a herd.
Branded.
And tied up!
Together but together,
They hold their fate.
Branded.
And tied up!
Together yet however,
They must escape.