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I'll follow you

The train fled through forlorn forests
Emerging on the stormy steppes
It crossed the raging ravine waters
Up the rugged crags it crept.

I was on that midnight journey  
Seeking you to join your cause  
I felt your honor and your yearning  
Your defiance of unjust laws

(chorus)
Your example was the spark  
And as long as you stay true  
The torch will light up in the dark  
And I'll follow you

Through the shadows of the city  
I searched each alley, every street  
Whispers told of your bravery  
How you stood, did not retreat

Near dawn, I finally found you  
Eyes aflame with steadfast fire  
You said, "The old ways can yet renew"  
"To real freedom we shall aspire."

(chorus)
Your example was the spark  
And as long as you stay true  
The flames will rise within the dark  
And I'll follow you

(bridge)
We'll gather the despairing souls  
Ignite the hope that once was lost  
We'll strive to reach our righteous goals  
No matter what the cost

We'll cut the tentacles of the beast
We'll tear the web that entangles all
See the silver sunlight in the east
They will rise, hear freedom's call.

Premium Member Do not go gentle into the totalitarian night

Do not go gentle into that totalitarian night
They lured you in with the promise of a new day
Rage against their deception, and for freedom's light

From a stagnant pool, you jumped into a river of no return
They said the new would rise, the old could burn
Swim against their current, rage against their tide
Face the mistake you made of choosing the wrong side.

Good men, deceived, crying for a mirage bright
Efforts at social justice inverted their deeds to dark
Still time to review how it happened, but no time to win the fight.

Grave men but old who tried to give blind new sight
They blazed like meteors, but fell short and lost the day
From all directions enemies come, too late to defend what's right

And you my father, there in that sad height
You said death was better than seeing what would come
A cursed sunset, a bitter sinking sun.
Don't look outside, draw the shades, as the noose draws tight
We'll shed tears together before the dying of the light.


Premium Member Wrongthink-Rightthink

Wrongthink is any think
You might do on your own,
You know, in the vastness
Of your inner space
As cloud trains drift by
Morphing into shapes
As fanciful as you allow.

Rightthink in contrast
Is mind control from without
With nothing fanciful or free allowed,
Just dogma and doctrine
And all the usual stuff
That makes thinking a chore and bore
Leaving us free to accept
Whatever it is they say we need to know.

Rightthink becomes our think
When we have lost touch
With what it means to be free
‘Cause being free
Means not knowing what might come next
As cloud trains pass
And shapes morph
Outside the boundaries of our mind.

(2/19/24)

Totalitarian

A physical fort is a contact entity but a branch brain can bake many layers of bread thoughts. Thus reducing the need for manufacturing. When a pretty pickle faced person sings to birdsong it is said that it is wise to hold a broom in a semi circular formation. Hence a saying could be a long term statement. A crow nods in agreement. And nineteen silver fish prance on the waters. Cinematography of an otter world then. Good. Portly pork playing platinum puck. Fantastic news for bees. It is often said that lifting a tiny calf is to bring great fortune and blessings upon villagers. In a collaborative collection one should never eat coleslaw from a ladle as ladles are accustomed to soup. Soil is not an advertisement for diving into the ground. And imprisonment of a billion is merely to ensure the playgrounds of slugs and frogs last to span time. *** having fun are we? Hahahaha £% and often a mystic ¥ so call to a pointed ceiling then. *** ham and egg dance with the plate xxxx totalitarian *** z. Cvbf. X

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