To Be Old & Bitter

TO BE OLD & BITTER

It is never said
Was never said

That once
When we were young &
The future would come

Stumbling in
Like a KKK member drunk
On a Friday night
Binge

Lacking trust like
Believing in pathetic
Idiots like Donald Trump
& Elon Musk

Dying poor
Old & Bitter because
Some racists let the
Thieves, murderers
And con men
in the door

Through the door

Who stole our money
And our lives, years of
Hard earned work

And our lives?

And in the future?

Long after we’re
All dead & gone

They will blame our
Entire generation
Because of the fire we lived in

Walked in

Even though we bravely
Stood up against hatred, rich
Little pigs & Nazi scum

They will see us as the
Generation that did nothing

Said nothing

The generation
That took democracy
And freedom, human rights
Away

As we, the opposers
In our time died old
In other countries &
Prisons

With our voices
Our humanity
Our pride and our countries stories that once
Spread the real truth for all & everyone
Black, White, Latino &
Native American

Banned
Censored
And destroyed

By psychopaths
And traitors

Who killed
The American Dream

And gave it over
To the corporations
And the white supremacists
Cowards & fake religious
Billionaires

Who looked down upon
Us

Like peasants
To serve them loyally

Like slaves

~ R.M. Engelhardt © 2025