World of Shackles

By: Gus Victoria

I know the key.

In a world of shackles,

I have the key!

Promises written in the water

Of a filthy stream

Are the hope of the lost.

Shots of manufactured joy

Are the momentary relief

Of the enslaved.

Industrialization makes possible

The shackled present,

Mechanization of decay,

Abandonment of freedom,

Death of liberty.

Whispered truth

In a hurricane of lies

Is salvation.

Whispered truth

In a flood of tears

Is redemption.

Break your shackles!

Take the key.

Break the shackles!

Be free!