my current status: i am not being kissed or being hugged and i find this very upsetting
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[R]evolution is not a given
Forsaken, the road to progression;
Every achievement, undone once more;
Must everything go in wavelike motions?
And if so, why do we stand by idly,
Losing rights we fought for; resurrecting
Evils overthrown in times before ours.
.
Perhaps we did turn oblivious to
Regression’s taint and all that it can take;
Every liberty we deemed a given,
So much that we had forgotten the wars
Exhaustingly fought, tirelessly, still –
Now we know why warriors don’t sleep;
Total victory is an illusion
In the shifting sands of man’s hourglass,
Needlessly turned so often to make time
Go back for ill intents and purposes.
.
Needless to say, our greatest enemy
Is our own contentment in society;
Pretending all is fine, when we can see
Pointless positions of power regained;
Lo, the overthrown will return and take
Equality, liberty, and all we –
See as self-evident for tomorrow.
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22-12-2018, M.A. Tempels © - an acrostic poem