The battle you fight
is also against your friends
linger in sheeps clothing
people have other
plans to cause chaos
for their hidden agendas
There's more to it than meets the eye,
A look we can't deny.
Beneath the surface, a hidden plan,
A secret scheme, a hidden hand.
Behind every smile, every word,
A motive, a mission, is inferred.
A hidden agenda lies within,
A purpose that's not always seen.
Sometimes it's for good, sometimes for ill,
A hidden agenda can't be still.
It moves and shifts, it's never clear,
A game of chess, a strategy near.
It's the unspoken words that reveal,
The true intent that we conceal.
A hidden agenda can be sly,
It can deceive, it can belie.
It's a double-edged sword we wield,
A weapon that can't be easily healed.
A hidden agenda can be a trap,
A snare that we can't escape from, in a snap.
But it can also be a force for good,
A way to help, a way to understood.
A hidden agenda can be kind,
A secret that can heal the blind.
So be careful with the hidden plan,
For it can lead to either ban or fan.
Choose wisely, and use it well,
For the hidden agenda can cast a spell.
© Roseline Sunday
22/03/023
Heap happy heart
Spur sanguine start
Ignite ink ire
Feel fancy fire
Dance dreamy day
Spread simple say
Dreams dazzle daze
Mind mystic maze
Etch easy ends
Pique poignant pen
Note nimble nudge
Glimpse greasy grudge
Apt affluent art
Deep distance darts
Grouse grumpy gift
Loom lusty lift
End echoes ease
Clown crafty crease
Notice nude notes
Vicious vice votes
Drill dusty dirt
Sense spicy skirt
Aid ample arc
Bitter breaks bark
Leon Enriquez
03 September 2017
Singapore
Hidden Agenda
Fighting hard to maintain
Instigating while, hesitating on that last breath, on that last breeze.
Taking all things with ease
Thought of as a dream lost in a tease
Staring in to the depth of the night skies
Where there is no time for disguise or sleep
Man eyes creep, others crawl.
How steep is the climb.
Sublime is how it felt when moving in stealth, chasing the dream of wealth
Flying high above the clouds, like a trustee of adjudication.
Encompassed by that fascination of procrastination when falling to the ground in defeat. Please, place a blockade on this terror. Lost souls, but still so much to gain.
Slain in its rapture of pain. Wondering was it all left to chance or lost in vain.
Hidden in plain visual sense. Now lets commence and forget about the suspense.
It's here!
Darius Howard
Soldiers marching down our streets.
Fear growing ever deeper.
Agenda hidden by the global elites.
Deals made with the grim reaper.
Forsaken by the ones we trust most.
The truth buried in the lies.
We're in a daze, practically comatose.
This fog will be our demise.
We must wake up and come together.
We've got no time to lose.
Our souls are about to be sold forever.
To live we must choose.
Our enemies are hiding in plain sight.
They've trained us through deception.
Their hope is to win without a fight.
Their support is a misconception.
Their plan's begun its well under way.
Their turning us against each other.
Now is the time it must be today.
Believe me I am your brother.
Every creature has a hidden agenda
Every dream tells different story
With secrets lashing from opposite directions;
So think of the storm on Christmas day,
Rain taking vacation during planting season,
Wind and dust on wedding day,
Or friends forever changing their minds;
For we live in the midst of distinctiveness
With crossroads everywhere
Conflicts surrounding our unique journeys'
Resurrecting doubts in every corner,
So in spite of happiness in our valleys
Every creature has hidden agenda
In spite of joy growing among us,
Every creature has hidden agenda,
And despite sweetness hanging upon our lives,
We still hold on to our forbidden treasures
Secrets hanging in our hearts
Sheltering our separate formations
That keeps us tight to our hidden agendas
For our bond is not immortal
It is like bunch of tree leaves
Truth and honesty are not guaranteed,
For every creature has hidden agenda
Thoughts manipulation is our daily bread,
For we all have hidden agendas
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