light shields the rising sun in Japan <br />killer bees fly sea to sea <br />filigree tusks in the ocean of Xundan <br />people rejoice they’re free <br /> <br />corporations pillage and exploit suffrage <br />third world victims of corporate genocide <br />political war dice roll for the death of teens <br />to liberate victims of our oxymoron absurdity <br /> <br />a complicated state of futile ignorance <br />leaders absorbed with ulterior motives <br />we live in a country where we are free <br />in a world far removed from peace <br /> <br />i am told of daily crimes against humanity <br />taught about our rich romantic history <br />shown a perfect diverse country <br />experience mixed emotions <br /> <br />do we as free marsupials stand idly by <br />as fellow peers are starved and martyred <br />our greatest privilege isn’t to be American <br />but to be human <br /> <br />we must strive for truth <br />education and courage are our weapons <br />love easily and question everything <br />bleed red, white, and blue <br /> <br />love, live, affect, cherish, LIFE <br /> <br />. . . <br /> <br />Eugene Victor Debs said <br />while there is a lower class I am in it <br />while there is a criminal element I am of it <br />while there is a soul in prison I am not free<br /><br />Brandon Farmer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/complicated-futility-of-ignorance/
