It is a silent conspiracy!
You used to shout and scream,
In those days
When hope was still at touching distance,
Words used
To flow and flow
When you were
Shouting and screaming
About those who burn our pottage.
But now your silence deadens
Our expectant eardrums
It is a silent conspiracy!
Who has kidnapped the tongue of the growling lion?
What has shut the gates of your mouth?
It is a silent conspiracy!
You used to teach and preach
In those days
When hope was still at touching distance,
We listened to sermons and lectures,
Teaching and preaching,
About the power of words and ideas.
But have we been fed by con-men?
Your tastes have changed
It is a silent conspiracy!
Dining and wining
On the highest tables,
And now you join the Pirates of silence
Who seek to entangle us
In their world of empty words
It is a silent conspiracy!
I have questions
For all Pirates of silence,
Con-men who hide under the umbrella of silence,
All who conspire with their silence
To keep us in chains
Do your noses still detect
The odour of burnt pottage?
Or does the fat pay slip
Now imprison your conscience?
It is a silent conspiracy!
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