Who is it that makes up the rules
for peasants, leaders, sages, and fools,
who builds the narrow seats in schools
to educate a growing nation?
What hand dictates the right and wrong,
transcribes the loyal subjects’ songs?
Who peals the bells and sounds the gongs
for evolution of the nation?
How do we choose the road ahead,
denying self, where we instead
trade in our swords and rocks for bread
to feed all of our great nation?
When does the better day arrive,
that distant future, when our lives
are more than scrimp to just survive
and we become a whole nation?
12 Jun 2025
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