Bitter Pill To Swallow

We know you must break the law to join them,
So why are we pandering to them,
Letting them rule too many streets,
And even whole towns.

Is it not way past time for push back?
To grow some backbone,
And say to them,
If you sell our sons and daughters drugs,
And they commit a crime you will get double the sentence they get. 

We should also tell them importing the ingredients for making drugs,
Could be deemed as an act of treason,
As they have no regard for the nation,
And may well be helping terrorists flourish.

Can we afford to let these organised criminals?
Posing as gang members grow any stronger,
If we want to be fit to champion the cause of all the,
Bright, wonderful, yet extremely vulnerable children.

Is it not time to give them the message?
That their time is up,
And the choice of what happens next is theirs,
As to whether they want to spend time in the sun,
Or take the chance our backbones will remain unfit for the task.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Makama Avatar
July 30, 2019 at 1:47 PM
Just lovely to read. Its been a while I have been here and I am happy not to regret flipping through some lines of which yours are part of them... Great craft, lovely message.
Smith Avatar
July 30, 2019 at 4:25 PM
Thank you for taking time to read and comment. Our children need us to stand up for them. I have three grown children and even in a democracy like NZ there were times that without us in their corner their lives could have suffered for the worse. Very best regards David in NZ
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