The first incarnation of this poem occurred 4 years ago and was written for a UK audience. Well, now it is easy, with a slight adjustment, to apply more globally.
Beginning
of the End
As in all
beginnings they start with an end,
the end of
major conflict, act of God or plague,
a time when
resources had a major spend,
when
populations are totally drained,
unscrupulous
leaders are minority maintained,
and
solutions to shortages are purposefully vague,
then
empires begin to crumble.
It happened
to the Romans and to the Greeks,
revolution
in Russia, England and France,
happens
when government no longer speaks
to the
populace with any understanding,
but only in
tones distant and commanding,
ignorant of
the possibility of a refreshing chance,
maybe
society will begin to stumble.
Has the
revolution already started?
The ruling
party is in confusion,
rich and
poor are well divided,
industrial
unrest is on the increase,
civil
disobedience a tension release,
the people
are suffering crippling inflation,
what is
next for these teetering nations?
Revolution usually
begins with violence,
social media
is playing a mega role,
political success
is not a licence,
to play
games with the public reality,
and line political
pockets with liberality,
winning
votes elects into a service role,
a state to
be embraced with serious intentions.
©David L Atkinson June
2026
God Bless
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