chained

The oppressed now oppressing,

The robbed become robbers.

Generations enchained,

The flogged are now floggers.

Only truth has the power,

To break through the chains,

But no one remembers,

From where this lie came.

Imprisoned too long,

No one sees the light.

Adjusted to the dark,

Losing all sense of sight.

Truth twisted and changed,

With each link in the chain,

Fallen farther from the tree,

When freedom was the aim.

No one looks for truth,

They think it’s been found.

Generations lost,

Shackled and bound.

So few escape,

Because nobody questions,

The bars of the cage,

Can’t see past deceptions.

Day after day,

Year after year,

It becomes less about freedom,

And more about fear.