A Message To British Politicians

Have you listen, Have you heard
Have you seen, have you lived
Do you truly know

You walk the streets 
You say, you understand, you will change
Do you truly hear
Do you care

We are people, we are a nation
We are broken and divided by your lies
You are our leaders

You were meant to guide us
To lead us out of the land of suffering and poverty
Yet you unclothe us and strip us of our garments
You take away our rights and our freedom to be free.

You manipulate us, trick us and teach us to deceive
We have become a divided nation an enemy to our brother a traitor to our sister 
A coward to our neighbor 
And a stranger to our children we are a lost generation.

Great leaders who are you
We are the same
We are humans
Separated only by circumstances

You truly want to know us 
Wear our shoes walk our pathway
Live our lives

Let circumstances and experience be your tutor and guide
Maybe then you will grow to understand the cry of your people.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Devonshire Avatar
May 7, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Patricia, it sounds you are having the same problems in Great Britain that we are having here. Nobody listens and voters suffer from political betrayal. I'm sorry to hear this is the case abroad as well as at home. Best wishes, Carolyn
Howard  Avatar
May 3, 2019 at 7:01 AM
thank you
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