it is funny, this thing called power
control, influence
access to or heaps of wealth
all over the world
people are no longer people
they are clans, tribes and castes
blind, blood-soaked allies
a splintered human family with no way out
the story of being collectively victimised is strengthening
more so for those with greater power
a threat, often weaker, must be identified
clung to
a storyline distributed regularly across what now seems like complicit media
Domination must be justified
imbalance too
what world will the children inherit
i don’t think many people know
if stalwarts are anything to go by
the children should want enough power to benefit them
but benefitting means those without
must continue to lose
and they say, it is how it should be, as it was always has been
there are no rules
no actual red lines
universal human rights is a farce
a convenient tool we wave over policies and actions that don’t serve
us
reality is terribly grim
the shadows of humanity
are dark indeed
hundreds of years holding the same mindset
and despite somersaulting robots
none of what we went through seems to mean anything
no one cedes their power, an imagined character said
not so imaginary in the real world
when everyone wants to maximise
control, influence
and defend accrued gains, however unfair
irrespective of the “other”
and what their humanity demands us to do and say
there is no tomorrow
only today
the now
every family
person
must be told
dominating the world comes with consequences
and consequences are multiplied
we are all losing
even when we think we will continue winning until we grow old