Devastating Power Poem by Uriah Hamilton

Devastating Power

Rating: 5.0


I happen to be terrified
By cut-throat competition
And sinister backroom deals
Rendering all treasures and rewards
To the obscenely decadent and rich
While the land I love
Descends into a trash heap
Where the poor and dispossessed must weep.
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There has to be revolution
And the turning of everything
Upside down!

The politics of cruelty
Must be supplanted by compassion,
There must be an underground reaction
To the overt violence and greed
Of those in devastating power
Who currently hold the keys in this dark hour
To the prison cell of this existence.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Lee Degnan 11 June 2007

Excellent write, and unfortunately the ones you speak of have hearts as cold as money, and that's the name of the game... there's no money to be made in compassion. We do need change if we are to survive. Best always, Lee

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Alison Cassidy 19 May 2007

I couldn't agree with you more Uriah. You have expressed it so well. Sadly power is the plaything of the corrupt, while those with compassion tend to use other tools for making a difference. love, Allie xxxx

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