This is Not Normal

We are steeped in events that run day to day
Or blissfully ignorant staying far, far away
No matter your stance from your side of the isle
This is not the right time to stand by and be idle
This is not normal we can surely agree
The antics that play out on our LED screens
The discord that comes when all that you hear
Are the shouts of those loudest coming in loud and clear
“Don’t agree?  Then you’re wrong” is what we learn nowadays
No opposition is tolerated, hang your head in dismay
To stand for what’s right and speak out the truth
Is now social suicide, how risqué and uncouth
Despite the obstacles that rise up in front
We cannot submit to what the ignorant want
With as bad as it feels in the world out today
I cannot relent and not say what I say
I plead not for those who have all the power
But to those who sit now on their couch and just cower
It’s your job to stand up just as much as me
And be heard your voice, demonstrate that you’re free
All that it takes for things here to get worse
Is for us to sit back and let things take their course