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Watchers Watch
They are watching
No movement unseen
Fear is breeding
Total surveillance
A prison of our own making
The bricks of freedom
Chipped away
Right before our eyes
Used to have a voice
Now silenced by the watchers
Running on empty promises
A little hope
Is more destructive
Than no hope at all
Cell door slightly ajar
Wave goodbye
To any rights
You thought you had
Believable lies
Have brought us here
No movement unseen
Fear is breeding
Total surveillance
A prison of our own making
The bricks of freedom
Chipped away
Right before our eyes
Used to have a voice
Now silenced by the watchers
Running on empty promises
A little hope
Is more destructive
Than no hope at all
Cell door slightly ajar
Wave goodbye
To any rights
You thought you had
Believable lies
Have brought us here
Published 28th Jul 2020
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28th Jul 2020 7:22pm
29th Jul 2020 3:53am
This is so true that hope can be a poison if it is but a lie and a ruse to manipulate. The bricks and mortar are dissolving but we don't fully see it in the haze. Optimism can be a house of cards.
29th Jul 2020 3:59am
