Fear Itself

Feel the Pulse of a Divided Nation

By: Charles Giuliano - Jun 03, 2016

Fear Itself

Fear
Eats the soul
Nation divided
Environment
Under attack
What it was
Like when Hitler
Promised hope
To those
Craving prosperity
Desperate people
Ravaged with war
Stunted by peace
Power at any
Cost for the
Fatherland
The heartland
Embracing
False promises
Trump less comical
Now not so funny
More than buffoon
Attacking media
Ridiculing reporters
Spewing insults
Third Estate
Essential to liberty
Tearing up Constitution
Threats of libel
For asking questions
Seeking truth
Attacking judges
Who would he appoint
To support an
Uber President
Evoking hate
Surfing on paranoia
Party falling in line
On its knees
Paying tribute
To the Donald
Kissing his ring
Dictators praised
Embraced
Buddies with Putin
Nukes all around
Making allies
Pay for protection
Mafia tactics
Replacing diplomacy
Deranged promises
Ever more outrageous
Race getting tighter
Thoughts of
What if
From smart people
Shrewd analysts
Nation craves change
Indeed it's possible
Do the math
Democracy
Another lost cause
Bleached like
Great Barrier Reef
Polar bears with
Sunburns
Species gone
Oceans polluted
Wetlands now malls
That's what they
Always say
Why worry
We're going to be
Great again
Rachel Carson's
Silent Spring
When no birds sing
In the land of
The free
Save the hawk's
Grim screed
With his hand
On the trigger
Burn baby burn