Batman Begins
I’ve seen failure, seen us fall
I’ve seen who’s there to answer the call
I’ve seen dead eyes in city streets
In suburb malls
On college campuses
And high school halls
We all move blank-faced
As “the machine” stalls
We never know
When the gears begin to slow
For the neon will still glow
And the show
Must still go
But I promise you
This is not the end
For why do we fall?
So, that we may pick ourselves back up again
The Dark KNight
They say you either die a hero
or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
But you'd be impressed by what is found in the middle ground
In life’s journey we feel more twists and turns than any beach rollercoaster
More stomach turning events than a Coney Island eating contest
LBJ knew the feeling flying from Dallas
Before that Jackie K knew the feeling with a roof just out of reach
We all knew it on that September day
Young as I was
I knew it was wrong
We were all patriots for a short time
Until the consequences became real
Until it was your relative who felt the cold steel
Nothing’s really changed
That M16 is a glorified sword
The bazooka, a catapult
The tank- the cavalry,
just a few more horses
And the cannons on the armada are now missiles on submarines
But that’s outside the canon we like to believe
And the news won't report it, though what they say is not gospel
We all support it,
despite our best intentions as whistle blowers and leaders in our own community
Now I ask, what good is the whistle to blow when its being shoved down our throat
And we stay stuck in it like a medieval moat
So we all just mope and cast another vote
In this two-party system that Washington warned about
But now we LITERALLY throw his face at it
Fundraiser after fundraiser like that cash cow will become suddenly transparent and honest
Take the truth and bend it until we have Benjamin Franklin origami
What a blend of cultures
A true melting pot
Being constantly watched by a flying robot
While the newscasters drone on and on
Until all our green is gone
And the candidate is still wrong
And we say it’s gone on for TOO LONG
Maybe we've outlived our heroism
Our own drug stronger than any heroin, but still just as dark, and sticks to us like black tar
We are all plagued by the constant following of each and every ism
Truly believing that it could all be cured by catechism
Became the villain and lost the vision
The vision Martin saw.
Mahatma felt.
The vision that left us in awe.
So Jackie I ask you leave, the roof off that car
Let us see the truth
Learn from and fix the mistakes of our youth
And recognize that we need to remove America’s collective infected tooth
And come to grips with our unsightly gap
Build a new bridge, make a new map
Connect us all
Stop the hypocrisy, rebuild democracy, and remove ourselves from the firing range of worldwide mockery.
Flip your coin two-face, see where it lands
But keep an eye on the hands
Of the clock
Because there’s legs to these plans
And a it’s moving its feet
Not much longer before it leaves its seat
I’m not the brains of this operation
But I’ll put my back into it
If someone will front the money
We may hit the ground running and get the wheels spinning
Then we'll be cooking with oil and see ourselves grinning
Because the hero has returned
And new life is just beginning
Dark Knight RIses
No one cared who I was until I put on the mask
Celebration of celebrity
Causing execution of brevity
Yet keeps the characters under 170
Everybody claims real
But it’s all fake now
No weapons, no guns
But it’s still a shakedown
Hashtag it
Sad face
Break downs
Took the jokers out
But now we’re all clowns
With a
Snapchat filter
Hella drinks
Knock me off kilter
World stinks
Kill it with febreeze
No bless you
When I sneeze
All that bless you
Is the cheese
No bless you
When you sneeze
No bless you
When you leave
No bless you when you
leave
