Tyranny

See inside that's where the true horrors lie
The truth more retched then your imagination
So gnarled and charred it's a silvery white
Plain as night
Dark as day
Sickly humorous as your lies
So simple yet complex
So brilliantly insanely stupid and naive
Yes, peer into your soul
Into the souls of every subject of man
The silver lining
The sliver of hope
The bit of good that once
Made men worthy of their life
All of it's faded and died
Or has it always been this way
Before you
Before me
Before time itself
Were we doomed from the start
Destined to play out this twisted script
Written before we were born
By those who demand control
Who believe they know what's best
Stop this madness
Set before us
Who among us has the courage
To break away
Define a new world
Not pre-approved by a higher power
With rules not written in words
And certainly not on paper
But etched into the very souls of man
So that he may not know defiance
He may not know any other way
Tyrants, he would not call us
Because he would not know the word
He would live a better life in ignorance
Oh, but don't fret poor mortal
We wouldn't dare restrict or control your poor being
For there would be no need
Only erase your memories
Of selfishness, greed, and independence
Desires of freedom and rebellion
We aren’t destroying your hopes and dreams
Only making you forget them
It’s all for the good, to save this race
Make us worth more then what we deserve
Should we be afraid
Of what we really can be
Is it truly wrong to revise the basis of man himself?
My dear friend
Can’t you see it would be wrong to do otherwise
To leave him be
To let him keep destroying himself
As I have me
Look at me dear friend
I’m a mere shadow of what I used to be
Crazy and alone, left to my wistful ramblings
I can’t remember where I began or where I ended
Or even just being
Do I have any real power?
Any real control?
Anything more then just words
I don't know who I am
Something to be feared
Or a harmless little girl
Lost in her own mind
Poisoned by her own thoughts
Dying slowly from her own words
I can see the wrongs but no one cares to listen
I can feel the change that could be but isn't
I can see that I'm right but no one else can
I can feel the confines of the straight jacket but I'm not done yet
I can see the door closing me in this padded cell but I can still see the truth
I can feel my life draining and my soul dying but... have I lost my mind?