Hiber'nation'

Nation has gone hyper

On nationalism and religion.

Borders get blurred between

Reason and treason.

Legal justice, checks, and balances

Have gone into hibernation.

Police have become the state

For the rule of law, there is distaste.

Connection and nexus go

Hand in hand, power becomes

A magic wand.

Powerless live the commoner

Democracy has become a misnomer.

COVID surges, government claims belie

Politics and experts, their assurances

Of no consequence, who buys?

If you get infected don’t go in search of a bed

At the end of it, you will be tired and dead.

Green shoots in the economy we are told

Consequences of reforms that are bold.

Grey clouds on the horizon

Gloomy has become the season.

For whom did we all clap

For whom we did the candle lighting?

Where is the leader, who will lead us

From darkness into light?

I am on my own

The leader I shall disown.