(dedicated to all those that put their lives on the line in the act of resistance against those forces of human oppression)
system failure
occurs
when reckless alliance
to the ruling class
dissolves
the fundamental groundings
of truth and rational discernment
system failure
occurs
when mechanical consumption
of state sponsored gaslighting
destroys
basic human decency
and the natural order of freedom
system failure
occurs
when the normalization of
disappearings and murders
slant
the moral compass and
deforms the fragile landscape
system failure
occurs
when rights and principles
slowly fade from memory
fostering
doubt within humanity while
sowing seeds of chaos
system failure
occurs
when savage loyalists, hollow
goons, and apathetic billionaires
dismantle
humane safeguards, leaving spirits
bloodied, tattered, and fractured
system failure
occurs
when the fear tactics
of guns and masks
paralyze
thoughts and faces are
boot stomped in the streets
system failure
occurs
when a crown of unbridled power
is worn by a tyrannical king
wielding
a sword tempered in loathing,
etching itself deeply into resistance