They Would Force You To Live In Fear Poem by James McLain

Part one





Political Causes And Issues Behind Assassinations





Policies for oppressing the poor and minorities,
others may lay in authoritarian policies.
Using one's unexpected rise to power,
who are able,
to divide the population, usually through fear and hate.


Hitler did.


When a child appears in a school that your child attends,
and speaks of that which their parents attest, that
The newly elected official has allowed.
Then will the seed of their mean fear appear.


Decent, thoughtful Germans
could not represent which was right, like now at
the risk of being killed or their businesses being
specifically targeted.


This can only happen in a country that lacks an efficient
mechanism for leadership change.
And the will and the means to enforce it.
Where the welfare of the people are ignored and a vacuum
can be filled by new leadership,
That the populace Respects and adores.




Part two





Our Democracy She Is




Our democracy
She is
As unknowing as a
Child
So guide her well.


For her to grow
I bow
My head to hear
Her sing
About the truth
Though
Some won't share.


Thus
My mind conceives
Each
Child that we bare.


And
If it be the truth
And
Not through
Lies.


It's only then
Will
Each your
God
To you draw near.