Authority

Authority

I am told to respect my elders,

I am told to treat others as I want to be treated,

But,

I think the adults should stop standing steps above us,

And take a seat for once,

Because,

Have you looked in the mirror?,

Now listen close as I speak an over and over repeated situation,

We, the young teenagers, and even younger, respect you,

You, disrespect us, stand and tower above us,

So how can you tell us to respect you all, and treat you as we want to be treated,

When you don’t even follow your own spoken codes,

You are all two-faced,

Not heads and tails like coins,

But sword and shield like the middle ages,

One to attack, and one to defend,

But we can’t even reprimand you,

Or contend and compete,

Because you are adults,

You are the body of corrupt authority,

Taking advantage of your false forms of security,

And though it seems like prosperity of order,

You only fire guns and mortar at the young,

You are free to yell,

Free to command,

Yet all we can do is follow your twisted plans,

And

If you accuse us,

Most of the time all we can do is morph to you misguided truth,

You accuse us,

And you abuse us,

I respect my elders,

But I treat them how they treat me,

I do not follow their plan of corrupt authority,

And if you don’t see what I see,

Then you are trapped in a caged fantasy,

Of denial,

But I won’t go on forever like the Nile,

And I will not stray into a wilderness like frenzy to embody the Amazon,

My words and phrases are good enough to phase us,

As a whole,

And I know this isn’t a nation but it’s a start,

To fix the corrupt basin that is the generation to generation flow,

I am trying to stop an overload of our ride that is life,

That will cause a blowout to our minds,

And destabilize our fragile soul,

But,

Authority is just a word to give power,

And though words have power

That is only when they are backed by truth,

And are not abused by the ruthless and demanding,

And though I am out standing up on stage,

I do not consider myself and outstanding speaker,

To speak on behalf of this young and new,

Breed of humanity,

So I beg and preach,

That you will agree to my plea,

And switch around destiny,

Fix the system of respect,

Before we collapse like the rubble that was once a brilliant building,

From the effect of our infection that is the defect,

From inner reflection,

That is literally,

Another way to say,

We are corrupted by the greed,

Of being in power.

- An Original By Depth