Chased Away From Their Dreams! Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Remember when your ideals,
Were first noticed to be tampered?
So you chose to isolate them,
Running away...
With your family and chosen friends.
To enclaves of suburban dens.
Ensuring your way of life would thrive.
With a greedy need kept alive.

How long did you think this selfishness would exist?
FOREVER?
With escalating debts?
Without regrets?
Someone has to pay the piper.
And the masqueraded waste!

When foreigners can buy land...
And not declare citizenship.
As long as they were the kind accepted.
With or without their pockets equipped!
Because they can afford to whip out a passport.
With questionable wealth...
They bargain with the greedy with!
From a system blinded by exclusive selfishness,
Solicited to those picked.

Expect depleting times like these!
And expect no sympathy...
From those chased away from their dreams!
Dreams now screaming...
'It is our own blood we bleed.'

Now...
Let's have a round of suffering for all!
A suffering that unites.
Inspite of those who enjoyed,
Seeing others living in blight!
Now within the sight...
Of those who once delighted!