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Shout it from the Hills

Shout it from the Hills

 

How easily we are subdued and seduced

to lie supine having rolled over in acquiescence

Have we joined the ranks of the moronic hordes

those who are the shiftless and hapless wanderers

 

We are fed a diet to subjugate original thought

advertisements impress the minds of the mindless

The masses shuffle about on an aimless trajectory

many have lost the capacity to form even an idea

 

Stand up, be fearless and be heard

let not one syllable be misunderstood

Friends will abandon you, even family

relinquish them as they are a worthless mob

 

Challenge what is untrue and expose deceit

accuse the liars in public and call their names

Cast a search light on their malicious machinations

For all this you will be despised and made to walk the road to Coventry

 

Well, so be it, I am me and I can think clearly

even if my very being is immersed in a fog so dense

 

Duplicity, coercion, nepotism and prejudice

beware as I am on your trail, yea your very nemesis

As each day passes, with my every breath

I shall paint a picture for all to see on a canvas a mile wide

 

The pushers will be condemned to hell

the young will be shown how to think freely

Those who poison this world of beauty

Beware your days are most certainly numbered

◄ Love at Last

I saw a Lady today ►

Comments

<Deleted User> (19421)

Sat 18th Aug 2018 12:04

Keith - I missed this somehow! Shame on me but I am so glad to have found it - GREAT PIECE!

I love the line about being made to walk the road to Coventry - very clever.

You should post this on Facebook and see if any of the fake news junkies get it.

Perhaps it could even be sent to the letter page of the Daily Mail - do you think it is the sort of thing they would publish, I am sure that their many readers would lap it up.....

Top, top work sir!

Cheers

DJB

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jennifer Malden

Mon 13th Aug 2018 23:49

Fantastic! Echoes so much that one hates about the times we are living in. What had made you so angry?

Jennifer

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Rick Varden

Wed 1st Aug 2018 10:28

Totally encompasses all that’s gone wrong on this mortal coil, marvellous Keith.

Fred

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keith jeffries

Wed 1st Aug 2018 00:18

Hannah,
Thank you for your comment. I was in quite a mood when I composed it.
Keith

<Deleted User> (18118)

Fri 27th Jul 2018 21:17

This is an amazing poem Keith, articulate and powerful.

Hannah

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keith jeffries

Sun 22nd Jul 2018 22:12

Martin,
Thank you for this comment. I suppose this sudden poem, as it appeared out of nowhere, was the inner self in revolt at the world we see about us and yet remain quiet. Every day I seem to encounter, either personaly or through the media, people who seem to have sold their souls to a world of materialism and greed. I felt anger and needed to articulate my feelings.
Thank you again....it is a change of gear.
Keith

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Martin Elder

Sun 22nd Jul 2018 15:00

I feel that you are starting to get into your stride with your work. Almost changing gear , going up a gear so to speak and moving forward with power and vigour.
A brilliant read, but also I can imagine it being even more powerful hearing you read it.
Love it

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keith jeffries

Sat 21st Jul 2018 18:16

MC & Brian,
Thank you for your comments. The poem was inspired by a powerful sense of outrage and rage.
Keith

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M.C. Newberry

Sat 21st Jul 2018 17:51

Certainly somewhat "biblical" in tone - so I'll join in:
Verily, I say to you
I am standing in your queue
Look behind and you will find
Your accuser there to haunt your mind.?

<Deleted User> (18980)

Sat 21st Jul 2018 17:37

Hi Keith - this is a piece with a really strong message! From the third verse onward you could be describing Jesus Christ.

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