Can You Smell The Winds Of Change

Can you smell the winds of change?

Not confined by border or ethnicity;

It cares not about race, creed or color.

For so long the grass has been trampled,

Crushed under ornate boot heels,

Mowed down by the sharpest of blades

With no thought of the consequences.

Resilience is the way of nature.

Young shoots and saplings rebound,

They cannot be kept down.

Can you smell the winds of change

As they comes for you?

Your palaces and coffers cannot protect you,

Shuttered windows cannot save you,

We are not fooled by your fained sympathy,

Looking us in the eyes from marbled balconies

And lying through your yellowed teeth.

You do not know our condition!

You do not know our pain

As yours are the boots that have ground us to dust!

Take your hollow words and scream into the wind.

Choke on the vomit you spew,

Knowing that the end is near

And it is you that will be crushed

For all of the harm that you have done.

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Comments

9 responses to “Can You Smell The Winds Of Change”

  1. philipfontana Avatar

    Dom, Your “You Can Smell The Winds Of Change” is riveting!!!! Excellent ….shakes the reader! It’s the Citizens’ Movement that cannot be stopped!!! Phil

    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar

      Thank you for the wonderful comment Phil. A citizen’s movement is exactly what this country needs, but it seems that few people have the stomach for it. Hopefully that will change and the sooner the better. Sorry for the late reply my friend.

  2. Ancient Skies Avatar

    Wow, very powerful Dom! It needs to be said.

    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar

      Thank you Nicodemas, I really believe that it does need to be said, but speaking without action will produce few positive results I fear, especially since so many people choose not to listen.

      1. Ancient Skies Avatar

        Yes for sure.

  3. ZenLikeFuck Avatar

    Powerful first half, soul stirring stuff! And the last few lines made me think that what goes around actually does quite often come around. Wonderful piece!

    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar

      Thank you very much for your comment, it is greatly appreciated.

  4. martha0stout Avatar

    Your way with words to draw such a profound picture has not changed.

    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar

      Thank you Martha, I appreciate you saying so. :)

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