A Blind Mind

The veil is lifted
The power shifted
A nation stands in shock
As they try to decide who threw the first rock

Was it us or them?
Them or us?

The accusations are flung
But it's only just begun
This is a peek
Of a future very bleak

The tides of control are turning
The contents of the common mind churning
Mixing and mashing to proportions explosive
Public sentiment becoming corrosive

Billions spent to show control absolute
But the crowd still amassed and showed resolute
The voices could not be tamed
Even as the masses were unjustifiably maimed

Those that speak aren't all inherently troublemakers
They are people with 'respectable' lives, movers and shakers
But they must be evil, for that's what the authorities say
They need to sway you to their side, so you see it their way

Both are at fault, no ones to blame
Just say it didn't happen, it's all the same
Every action needs an opposite and equal reaction
That is how balance is maintained, so you must take action

Rise up off your seat; turn off your monitor and TV
Open your eyes and for once try to see
Don’t let the media or masses tell you what to think
Gather the facts and into your gray cells let them sink

If you think you can survive
And in keeping silent thrive
Ask those that were just there, the right person, wrong time
You know the person, the thinker, who is guilty of what crime?

What exactly is being calling into speculation here?
Are we to become a society of fear?
While the fat hogs sit on their bloated thrones
And watch as the masses scurry away to cower in their homes

Your safe little hovels that you have paid for with flesh and blood,
You hide in that shelters now and wait for the flood
Keep your heads down so it doesn't end up on a spike
Don't worry; they'll only go after the ones with the mic

When the dust settles and the war is all done
Who really will have won?
If we stay silent and bow down at the powers feet
They might continue to throw us the scrapes to eat

But; imagine a nation where the people are truly in control
Out from under the reign of a king or a queen, in power of your own soul
Maybe we can get on ships and sail away
To some distant place where we all can have a say

We’ll set up a trade dependent on our skills
We’ll live off the land by our intellect and will

WAIT!!!!

Doesn't this sound familiar?
I think I read a story that was something similar
BAH! This has never happened before
Come here my friend, come in, and close the door

Keep those free thinkers out of my head
This time around we might end up dead

Or is it possible that we have finally learned
That the best things in life aren't stolen, but earned
If we win our freedom, how much sweeter it will be
But for us to be a force that is strong, more eyes have to open to see

Or sadly we will be the sacrificial lamb
And the fight for freedom will become a sham
They will succeed in tearing us apart
They will strike the final blow, and drive a stake into our heart

We now are all of a sudden a nation divided
The battle of arms a little one sided
But we shall forge forward
Prove ourselves better than the common coward

It’s better to perish standing for your beliefs
Than kneeling and begging and reasoning with the police
So grit your teeth and prepare for the worst
But this time isn't our first

We’ve walked this road as a society many times before
There is some sage wisdom in all the old lore
We’ll plan our defense, and ready for the attack
At this point in history, there is no turning back!