Democratic Suicide

Democratic Suicide

We say:
For the people,
By the people
By the will of
The People.

This is—
Or so we say—
Democracy:
The modern way
To live.

But when
The government
Forces people
Against their will:
“Be good!”

They take…
The ends and means,
The hopes and dreams…
Values and goals
Away.

They take…
The people’s own
Ability
To have a will
Away.

They are
Just like kings—
Backed by their God.
They only steal
From us.

As they
Coerce people
With The Science
And not with fear
Of God.

Fear of:
Death come early,
Pain—any sort.
Science makes us
Fear these.

And it
Controls us all
(Smothers our souls)
Makes us live right,
Live good.

The good!
A productive—
And seductive?—
Comfortable,
Good life.

The good?
That is taken
From each of us,
Given to them
To define.

Science:
The Enlightenment’s
Original Sin.

That kills
Its democratic
Hopes, longings and dreams.

This is…
How democracies
Commit suicide.