Storm Surge (2020 Poems)

STORM SURGE

You arrived inevitably like a storm,

Creeping, mysterious;

Spreading your influence as ideas,

Wave upon wave of misconceptions

Under the guise of reform or innovation.

You did not bother to learn or understand

before you labelled it as “inefficiency”;

You had already decided long before

you even asked the question,

Or had the chance to trust the wisdom behind the rules..

Worse, you judged and blamed,

Only to go back on your words,

Shifting the responsibility without rhyme or reason.

From bad to worse, you went

and from worse to worst!

Going as far as DENYING your own instructions.

Now here we are;

When you have gathered all power unto yourself,

You wonder at the immensity and complain about the load.

What was it really you were playing at?

To what lengths would you go to be “One of Them”?

GTPL 1/5/2020