Think & Question

Think & Question

Open that door

Ring the bell

Time for school to start

File the children inside

Cram them in a closed room

Trapped in a single desk

Don't talk without permission

Don't whisper or pass notes

Listen to what your teacher says

They know that one plus one doesn't always equal two

They won't tell you that

Only what they want you to know

Do not ask questions

They want control over what you learn

Just sit and listen like good little drones

If you escape with your minds intact

You will be able to think

To question everything

To have creativity and imagination

You will not be a drone

Ignoring everything you have been taught

You will be a human being with a mind

And you will rule the world

The Other Side of the Fence

The Other Side of the Fence

What is on the other side

What are the things I have heard about

Hidden from my eyes

Covered sounds, so I cannot hear

It may be some secret

Maybe the men in black

I want to know

My soul needs to know

But my questions go unanswered

I will just have to guess

Dreams of so many wild thoughts

Spies, UFOs and so much more

Hiding behind that wooden fence

Someday I will climb that fence

I will sneak in through the tall grass

I will find out

And only then will I sleep

Get Your Voice Heard

Get Your Voice Heard

A long time ago

Fifty plus years to be exact

We knew how to protest

It wasn’t on Facebook or Twitter

It wasn’t by just writing letters

We took our place in the world

With a voice that could not be ignored

We took over college campuses

We marched in the streets

Chanting words designed to change the world

We got arrested and went to jail

But we got our point across

We never gave up until life changed

Until the President listened

The time has come again

Stand up and shout

Fill the streets

Take over campuses and parks

Get arrested if you have to

Just get your voice heard

Make the government listen

Make them make the changes

Just do not ever give up

The Bend

The Bend

Do I want to know what's around the bend

What fate waits for me

Who I will meet

Where the winding road will take me

I know where the road has brought me

The worries and pain along the way

It had made me love people, I shouldn't

Lose people I loved

Do things I knew I shouldn't have done

Still, I walk this road

Endlessly travelling into the future

Sure of the past

Unsure of where the future is

Do I want to know what is around the bend

Not really

Why spoil the fun?

Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly

A villain to some

A hero to most

He fought

He stole

And he killed

Stood up to the law

As he rode the outback

Robbing trains and banks

Helping the people as he went

Stories would be told for years

Myths would become legend

The legend would become history

Ned Kelly, the man who fought and won

The man who died doing what only he could do

He is a part of Australiana

Part of the country that created him

Made him a villain

Made him a hero

Made him a legend

Sweet & Innocent

Sweet & Innocent

You look so innocent

Sweet and charming as can be

Yet, your eyes show the truth

Your face shows the real you

I know you are planning something

It could be throwing your food

Pulling the dog by the ears

Or sneaking out of your nap

I know you are planning something

It's there in your evil little smile

Still, when you do what you're going to do

Whether it be the food, the dog or the nap

I will always love you

I will always care for you

But...I never said I wouldn't get even

Let The Fates Take Me

Let The Fates Take Me

Please do not help me find my way

I do not think you could if you tried

I like not knowing where I am going

I like not knowing where I am

I like not knowing where I have been

So many questions down each road

Too many turns to make wisely

Not so many as to make them impossible

I just want to let the fates control me

Take me where they want me to go

I know one thing

They will take me somewhere I want to be