Wednesday, October 16, 2013

HONOR HASN'T LEFT US YET

As the country’s suffocating
Bathed in the power’s filthy greed
The multitudes are joining
To give our Brothers what they need

We revile oppressive blankets
Keep each other housed and fed
We’ll not fall under the pressure
But will choose kinship instead

~~~*Chorus*~~~
We can smile
We still laugh
The dependent
Cannot claim that
Try to drown us
Choke our spirit
With the senseless
Doom of threat
We’re determined
We will not fold
Live what you
Choose to forget
Honor hasn't left us yet
~~*~~

Do you not think it ironic
You call the users your trustees
Do you not think it’s immoral
They abuse the funds you need

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~
Those who built this country
Before all amenities
Would view our convenience
As the sovereign on their knees
They would demand the simple truth
Not sink below the stage
Command the performance
And avenge us for the shame
~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~
We can smile
We still laugh
The dependent
Cannot claim that
Try to drown us
Choke our spirit
With the senseless
Doom of threat
We’re determined
We will not fold
Live what you
Choose to forget
Honor hasn't left us yet
~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
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