Once Upon a Time

I believed in organized religion

and my country

and the propaganda needed

to guide the stupid majority

 

I ate what others put in front of me

accepting what they said

perched in my cage

 

I trusted them

and almost died because of it

 

because of them

many never live

 

most people never enjoy freedom

because the framework in place

was not set up for it to exist

 

it takes years to erase destructive forces

others offer your life

it takes much longer to erase

the ones I offered myself

 

I think I am past many of them though