The Lifelong Politician

Poem
Written By Matt Antis

The facade must keep going on
Into darkness, into pouring rain
Bury mountains before admitting
Wrongdoing has driven me insane

I’ve held on so close to power
When did I believe my lies?
A government for the people?
A message I realize I despise

Free-thinker shames me in court
“Political heresy!” Statement’s withdrawn
Today, I subdued free speech who yelled
“Wake up people, you are pawns.”

Copyright © 2020 by Matt Antis. Originally published in Poet’s Guild’s Poem-A-Day on December 22, 2020, by Ink Jot Kingdom.

Matt Antis

Matt Antis creates online as a freelance writer and novelist who formerly lived as a serial small-business entrepreneur. His life’s goal is to share knowledge, encourage, and challenge others through a coach-student relationship.

An unexpected deployment with the Army in 2009 halted his scholastic achievement, but! He learned the bulk of business in the proverbial trench elbow to elbow with a team of professionals who he is forever grateful for.

When he’s not being a husband, dad, shooting his bow or training parkour, you can find him teaching Sunday school, advising parkour gyms, writing for inkjotkingdom.com and his wife’s children’s book website, whitneyantis.com.

https://inkjotkingdom.com
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