Educate Me Poem by Jacob Arden

Educate Me



"To be or not to be? " Is that the question we ask?

English literature and Shakespearean soliloquies,

I know all about the educational system.



You believe what you want to believe.

What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes,

I know all about the misdirection.



‘cos you see what they make your eyes see.

So don't try and mislead me with your false deceptions,

I know all about the aetiology of fallacy.



Sir! Yes sir!

I'm not a soldier for a system, but I still send my salutes.

I try to be a soldier for the Revolution.



Nuking an entire city, like Obama said:

"You'll never see it coming" Drones!

I try to understand this half African brother.



"By the people, for the people…"

Democracy, tell me when it all works

I think, I am living in one! ! ? ?



Where is the slave master?

Surely you mean the NATO soldiers?

I think, I can tell the difference! ! ? ?



Capitalism, Socialism, Communism…

Never knew coins can have more than two faces? !

I guess anything can be possible.



Religions dictate morality.

Tell me about the Rights and Wrongs,

I guess it comes from the imaginary?



World Bank, IMF, EU…

Never borrow to spend beyond your means.

I was born to be one of them, The 99%



Money driven world, the True Religion.

Corporations and Bankers Bail-outs.

I was born not to be like them, The 1%



Knowledge and enlightenment.

But how do you Educate?

I really want to know? !



So I ask you Sir,

Can YOU guide us all to those answers,

Because I REALLY WANT TO KNOW! ! !

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Elizabeth Padillo Olesen 30 August 2012

You have touched on many issues on this poem which are posed upon our world as searching questions from a youth like you. There is also an air of despair but a cry for letting the character I know through education. Powerful poem, Jacob.

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Jacob Arden

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Al Ain, UAE
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