Control out of control
Scourge of humanity
Sad reality of our species
Tyranny haunts our souls
As we long for freedom
Political tyranny keeps us oppressed
To the hopes of one or a few
Tyranny of the majority
Can also dominate the minority
Inflicting value rather than nourishing it
Religious tyranny keeps us oppressed
To the faith of a particular belief
Tyranny of the church
Can reign over the beliefs of others
Inflicting dogma rather than exemplifying it
Family tyranny keeps us oppressed
To the rule of the ancestral influences
Tyranny of the parents
Keeps the children from being creative
Inflicting respect rather than proving their own
Personal tyranny keeps us oppressed
To the interpretation of its own particular way
Tyranny of the ego
Keeps the personality from spiritual intent
Inflicting fear rather than the way of grace
Indeed tyranny has infiltrated our lives
At every point along this journey
Its oppression blinds our liberation
Its ubiquity almost makes our freedom seem like a
dream
Awaiting our sobering attention
Awaken now to behold the continued need
To demand freedom on every dimension
Amongst our leaders and lawmakers, judges and voters
Amongst our priests and rabbis and preachers
Amongst our mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, children
and friends
Amongst our thoughts and feelings and aspirations and
actions
Let us liberate ourselves and each other
And declare our independence from tyranny
the
eternal foe of the cooperative and peaceful way