Under the Shoes of a Leader (poem)

While we exist
there will be black ice,
the leaders will slip,
the leaders will fall.
We are ice under the shoes of a leader.

Cold are the days
under the tyranny of leaders
who berate the idle,
who forget who raised them up.
We are under the thumb of tyrants.

While we exist
there will be black ice,
the leaders will slip,
the leaders will fall.
We are ice under the shoes of a leader.

Frozen in fear we wait,
uncertain who to turn to.
Is it my neighbour?
Is it my dear friend?
We are all watched by paranoid leaders.

While we exist
there will be black ice,
the leaders will slip,
the leaders will fall.
We are ice under the shoes of a leader.

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Originally written August 23, 1999 02:03 PDT
Last edited 2007-01-17 04:50
Last posted on blog: January 21, 2009 2217H
Update posted: March 11, 2013 0007H PDT