Posts Tagged ‘government’
Boundaries
There appears to be
No clear right or wrong
There is weak
& there is strongThere appears to be
No agreed perspective
Only effective
And ineffectiveSome use the law
Or some wise insight
Some have to break things
To relearn it’s not rightAnd so boundaries
Are pushed on until
Another pushes back
With strength and willAnd so lessons are learned
An agreed perspective
Over what is effective
And ineffective
Spring
There’s a fall
In democracy
There’s a rise
In autocracy
I look to the future
But it’s closed to meWe’ve grown
To 8 Billion strong
Doubled in 50 years
That’s not long
I grew in that time
But I’m only oneRelatively it’s been
A season of creation
A spring after winter
Such co-operation
But this can change
Winter lurks in rotation
Will You Remember?
I heard that they clapped, the people in the streets
There were so many, none of them I would meet
I wondered then, how much do they really know?As we fought on the frontline, this new enemy
We were frightened and lonely because we couldn’t see
There was so much then that we didn’t know.There was not enough testing, not enough PPE
That’s why her apology seemed insulting to me
We need honest support & not a political showWe live in the moment, we live to fight on
We give all we’ve got, to save someone
We’ve no time to think, Are we going to go?We serve each other, more connected than we thought
We depend on each other, more equal than we thought
But will you remember that when this is all oe’rLockdown saves lives but at what a cost
The damage to the economy and all the jobs lost
Who will reap that which we now sow?They started too late, they went their own way
They lost time but its not what they’ll say
But questions mount as deaths continue to growWe live in the moment, we live to fight on
We give all we’ve got, to save someone
We’ve no time to think, Are we going to go?We serve each other, more connected than we thought
We depend on each other, more equal than we thought
But will you remember that when this is all oe’r
Hero
I hear the word hero
I think nobility
Some great achievement
And courage I seeBut is hero a tool
Within the culture we grow
To reap from others
More than we sowDo heroes give to others
More than they receive?
While such a calculation
Is bad most believe.So is a medal and praise
Reward enough?
While others live it well
And heroes live it roughIn our selfish culture
Surely all will soon see
To be a hero for others
Could be a mug for me
The Genealogy of Morals
We build on the past
We turn commandments into laws
We build organisation and process
To protect rights and give causeWhat’s wrong and what’s right
Is no absolute thing
Because we grow and evolve
And reflect what change will bringWhat’s wrong and what’s right
Is guided by what’s effective
In achieving the best for you
And the best for the collectiveWe all bow to the collective
To the secular unseen hand
To the arbiter of who’s effective
Of who falls and who stands
