The People Will Rise Up Stronger

But you break it at every turn
Do you know not trust is earned
And gotten in return?
The billionaires you bring in
You say it’s to grow our money
But the rich gets richer
And the poor gets poorer
We cannot retire
We do not dare to see the doctor
You keep increasing the minimum sum
But you wouldn’t put in a minimum wage
The prices continue to increase
But our wages have remained stagnant
So has your spending remained low
Why do you want the people to suffer?
Our forefathers built this country
So that we can ALL enjoy the fruits of their labour
But you’ve taken the fruits
And thrown us the leftovers
This is not the country we want
But hear it, you will not
You’d rather throw us into prison
Than try to see the reason
Then you say the people do not listen
But who’s not listening?
For we have spoken
But have our voices been heard?
My country, my home
This is where I belong
Every creed and every race
These are all just national day songs
You grow your salaries
Because you say you need integrity
But our salaries are not growing
Yet we continue to have integrity
You call us liars
But who are the greater liars?
We are only lowly bloggers
Not highly paid servants
You take away our money
You take away our pride
You leave us with no option
And so we write
You use the law to strike us down
You use your power to guzzle us
A single stick alone may hurt
But a bundle of sticks will not be broken
You break our soul
You break our spirit
But the people will unite
The people will only get stronger
My eyes are open
My heart is kind
The atrocities I’ve seen
The ones you hide
To speak is to wield the sword
The pen is might
For whence you are done with intimidation
The people shall rise and fight
This poem is dedicated to Leslie Chew for his fight against injustice.
This will go down Singapore’s history as the most laughable and desperate deed the MIW government do to it’s own citizen ie a cartoonist.
I am cheering these clowns on ! …….. PAP ! PAP ! PAP !