Those Vipers!
Cringeworthy at best.
Proud and arrogant.
Yet limp in purpose,
hollow in worth.
Protecting their pedestal,
while stealing wages.

With fragile pride and shaken ego,
those sadistic creatures laugh
at your frustration.
Shooting daggers with their eyes,
daring anyone to speak.

Disagreement draws blood.
Challenging one is a sacrifice.
Even a glance may earn
your immediate removal.
Truth hurts, but in this case:
Totally unacceptable.
The errors are multiplying.
Their actions go unpunished.
No weight of consequence.
Holding the power to cripple.
Excuses trickle down foul streams.

Justice doesn’t live here.
This is Judgement’s nest.
Crooked thieves and tainted results.
Diamonds lose their shine,
as cowards gain the reward.

A false lesson, carved in dirt:
When faced with disagreement,
ignore it, silence it, shut it down.
If truth draws discomfort,
rewrite it and demand respect.

A generation, washed in lies.
Crumbling at the seams.
Willfully blind to the rot
coiled in their roots.

Positive change occurs when
you understand this:

Clashing minds sharpen clarity.
Respect is earned, not bought.
Problem solving begins with
the willingness to learn.
To understand. 

Instead, we are groomed to obey
the collared joker’s parade.
Truth suffocates.
Authority abused.
The thirst for control is
quenched by draining
the sacred waters of integrity.