The Test

Our history repeats across the land,
and freedom falls to the oppression,
simple people afraid to make a stand
overwhelmed lost in one’s depression.

The self-serving people seeking power,
stopping at nothing to reach their goal,
upon success the rest of us they devour,
shattering our lives, taking a mortal toll.

People never learning right from wrong,
lives simply become lost in an illusion,
sadly the real truth is expressed in a song,
while mankind withers in utter confusion.

Our humanity creates it’s very own pain,
while in the name of peace we wage war,
many soldiers lie dying in the pouring rain,
while rich politicians keep wanting more.

Someday there will be no more tomorrow,
our simple lives will finally be put to rest,
the essence of time is really only borrowed,
the life we live in this world is merely a test.


Samuel E. Stone, Copyright© 2008, All Audiences