Guitar Here You Are

Piri, while our guitars sleep the affected people gently weep. Or maybe it should be while my guitar gently weeps the politicians are asleep at the wheel. Though throwing people to the lions today would be considered a crime. Thats what they did in Roman times. Back in the day of the Roman Empire, Emperors thought they were gods.  I often wonder in this day have our politicians moved on. One man's justice is another's injustice one man's song is another's noise. Many workers work hard singing their songs while the hoy polloi put their air muffs on. We are all 90 percent water but what people often see is just what sits above. Diversity is a good state divisive leaders just create hate. The balance between need and greed is always going to be a tricky one. The frustration for all people on earth is how our leaders are using their stewardship of public assets. What is the real agenda of those seeking  power when they open their mouths is it the truth or smoke and mirrors. I don't think there is any country where the people would sing yes the President loves me because what he or she does tells me so.     

Cheers Piri the old Praetorian Guard were like the Russian KGB today they had the ability to make people disappear or die. Julia Agrippina got to pull the strings behind the scenes after poisoning her husband so she could marry her uncle Claudius after bringing about the murder of his wife.. It was then thought she poisoned Claudius. Her connection to the head of the Praetorian Guard meant that they then proclaimed Nero at the age of seventeen as the Emperor  of the Roman Empire.
Romans were good at knocking people of. For  a so called civilized sophisticated society they had a deep attraction to extreme violence and death. Cavemen were most probably Saints compared with them.
I guess we can thank the Greeks for starting this thing known as democracy round about 600AD.
Peace and goodwill to everyone nothing much has changed since John and Yoko sang Give Peace A Chance.     

Thank you, Jan I wrote the poem, as my way of saying no matter what is happening music can have a way cutting through that. If its true the musicians kept playing when the Titanic sank I can see why and no doubt there were prayers been fervently prayed at the same time. In times of sadness people sing to lift their spirits. When people are oppressed its hard for the oppressors to take their music away in many cases. Though there are many frustrating moments when trying to play music there is also those eureka moments. Hearing a musician on you tube talking about his eureka moments is what got me started on writing the poem. Sometimes someone playing melodic music is all I need to lift my spirits when feeling a bit down and I suspect that is true for most people in those tough moments.