The High Road You Expect Us to Take To Oblivion
A fairly angry vent poem I made about then current political events. Was questioning whether to even post this here since those events are over and it feels like I wrote this so much longer ago than it was and so much has changed more has happened since I wrote this poem but I feel it's important to go through my backlog in order and not just skip over things so here we are. This poem really speaks for itself. Originally posted and written November 2020
The High Road You Expect Us To Take To Oblivion
By: A.X. Bueno
The high road heading towards oblivion
Is that what you just expect me & others to joyfully take?
Well I see, fuck you then
You make both my head and stomach ache
You and all the others who relish my demise,
While having a love and smile so clearly fake
You don't have any sympathy or empathy for anyone but yourself no matter how much you pretend to disguise
Anyone who cares and truly knows what's going on can see through your blatant, self deluded lies
You cheered for this for four years either directly or indirectly and by now the mask is gone
We see who you really are under the crappy deception and it's sad if you haven't yet seen that you're wrong
You've rooted for people who've strip people of their basic rights and showed happiness at protections now being gone
You laughed and mocked us four years as you won the first time
Drinking in our terror and tears and then going on to applaud every crime
And at this point there's not much left to be said
You've made your bed as your malicious choices have made many lives nightmares
You expect us to forgive you and still hold you in some regard
You laughed and brushed off the concern at those who knew back then and now are shocked we seek to discard
We're not being unfair and you're not oppressed
It's just no one wants to deal with you as we continue to try and sort through the mess
The one you made thanks to your bigotry, hatred, contrarianism and misplaced fear
What you did with one awful, continuous choice to this country we'll be stuck fixing for at least a few years
Yet you've defended it endlessly and acted like you did the good thing
Then get stupidly angry and hypocritical when it's pointed out, the suffering that you brung and still bring
So no the high road won't be taken, you need to acknowledge what you've done
Through your direct and indirect actions you've hurt, mocked, occasionally killed and dehumanized many
I'm hoping we win this time and they're be happiness and gloating aplenty
You don't get to complain ever again about how we conduct ourselves regardless of the outcome of this year
The high road to oblivion won't be taken, at least not here
I've watched so much destruction and hardship caused by a select few these past four years
We both know they're on your side, this administration of exploitative fear
So we won't go quietly no matter the outcome we'll be here
But I'm hoping there'll be a win for everyone's sake and there'll be some positive change next year
I know you'll be very sore losers and won't own up to anything you did
But you won't get to just forget, there'll be consequences for your terrible bid
After 4 years any good faith to be had for you has eroded into the past
The high road is gone and while the lowness of your level will probably never be reached, things are almost at an end at last
The results of this time still remain to be seen
However you won't just win with your cheating ways and use of loopholes and schemes
Know that actions have consequences that you might be forced to actually glean
And while we won't be you we can still get the right amount of necessary mean