Essential Liberty Poem by Claude Simpson

Too much!
Too much political corruption!
Bribery, cronyism, nepotism,
patronage and extortion.
Misuse of government power
in the hierarchy of administration;
Discard the discriminatory policies
and human rights violation.


The politicians say that
they are for the progress of the people;
Yet we are oppressed,
strangled and beaten, worn out and feeble.


The innately affixed truth
is in one's heart
But they continue with lies
to tear us apart.
They may be
in control
But woe be unto them
on the day of the reckoning of the soul.


Too long! Too long!
We suffer by the hardship of time,
While they allowed our people to live
in squalor and in a vortex of decline.