Spoken Word: Which Golden Rule

Spoken Word: Which Golden Rule
Author

William "Bubbles" Galloway

Release Date

Saturday, January 28, 2017

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As if our conscience has less restriction than cobweb
For when the soul is right the cleansed mire carries no dregs
When my aunt showed me the water mark of Katrina
When destruction unearth the hypocrisy of civilization's agenda
When child soldier and child labor is accepted over the educated
Progress is valued through material as humans get decimated
When death unhinged the boundary lines of entitlement
When sin and shame are but fun and fancy to enlightenment
When we crossed the lines of loving our brother like fools

We snapped the golden rule

If Broken promises are merely unfulfilled tasks or notes
When bonded words have errant value as lead balloon floats
When age forcefully dangles over the precipice so future can see
When all introverts and extraverts refrain from asking why me
When leaders give race the color of air and water without hypocrisy
When prisons are filled for states income and guilty is not just a plea
When parents selfishly put pleasure on the roster to create a sick child
When religious murderers kill and the mockery of society run wild
Our humanitarian instincts has been used as a tool

We snapped the golden rule

If truth can find shelter behind a billion dollar, the just will starve
For the rapid fire of a politician's tongue your soul they'll carve
When unconventional sex gets more rancor than thievery
When poverty is the door mat that the rich utilize with chivalry
When greed has its own countenance and war is the answer
Blindly we seek justification with the ravenous loot we plunder
When mankind feast on the marinated flesh of another's labor

As ageing tireless bodies roam for a meal or just to savor a flavor
When the irony of living rest on decisions by greedy law makers
When gutless scoundrels raise hell for not being pampered
Then we burn the teachers books because we hate school

Clearly we snapped the golden rule

Note: William "Bubbles" Galloway is a resident Spoken Word Contributor with MNI Alive Media

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