Death Toll

Yes, just another story of hate

and to look for a cause we would probably

have to start at the beginning

but most of that is lost or forgotten

so, let's just pick up on the story

where it stands now...

It's the beginning of the day

the middle to many others

and the realization comes

that this happens quite often

and the familiar faces were seen

and the names remembered that went with them

and the man in charge was doing

what he was told was important

and his peers were all now named subordinate

and the leader hollered and barked

directions and directives

yet he still kept his followers in the dark

and he reigned in the day

and relaxed at night

control through opression

motivation sprang from the hate it brought

the death toll was the cost