Sunday, June 04, 2023

Myanmar (Military Rule)

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WORLD DEMOCRACY

 

Myanmar

 

Myanmar is under military rule

The people live in utter fear

Every time they call for democracy

The generals circle and draw near

 

Human rights have been struck down

They may not rise again

Like the ship that’s run aground

It is not what it has been

 

The hope of their republic

Was beaten battered and crushed

Civilian rule was tossed aside

And scattered in the dust

 

Now poverty and bloody violence

Becomes a certain path

A cycle of grim destruction

As all sides take their wrath

 

The lesson of this war-torn state

Is as sad as it is true

Once the military seizes power

It does what it will do

 


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