Political Speech

This is meant to be a political speech

I have to say this early because it will screech your ears

And tug at your heart..wrench it even

For we have grown apolitical

Traded our voices, our freedom

This speech will capture that dream

That was conceived times past

But is kicked around in non-recognition

This speech is the tablet of the people, the masses

Their commandments to the powers-that-be

That it will not be business as usual

For in every hamlet and slum, every corner and abode

This speech will be carried through

To give a re-birth to that dream

To dramatize the upsurge of the downtrodden

The masses will gather to hear the cause of their suffering

They will boil in their hearts

They will seethe, they will simmer

They will constrict in their throats

They will unite

They will join hands and join the dots

The bits and pieces, the odds and ends

The downtrodden will rise out of their slums

To carry this message, this political speech

And make it their own

They will ignite fire in their marrows

And blaze in their eyes

They will heave with disgust

To hear about this dream they once had

But was snatched away from them

They will envision the lost opportunities

The smokescreen

The bluff

The stooges will quake in their boots

Listening to this speech

For it will not be heard and forgotten

It will plant the seed of another dream

A dream bigger and grand, a dream that will never be stolen

It will shake every corner of slums

It will fire up the masses

It will cause a seismic twist to the powers-that-be

For this speech is a political speech

Written by the blood of the slum-dwellers

Carrying the breath of debased men living in misery

Inked by the lost dreams of youths in garbage mounds

Nursed by the bare-chested mothers with malnourished babies

This political speech is not written actually

Because the illiterate masses will not read them

It is the wind of hope blowing across the slums

It would not be comprehensible

It will not follow any style

It will not bear any introduction

It will not have any conclusion

It will not follow any particular pattern

For this speech is a speech of revolt

Against structures, layouts, formats

It is not pre-defined

It will lump everything together

With no specific order

Yet remain true to its message and intent

This political speech is not actually political

Because it is not empty rhetoric and witchhunt

But it could be political, if you think about it.

C) Lorot Salem 2010