Decaying Smiles

A smile
slashed for a dollar

A heart
trodden on for land

A hand
pushing the concrete distance

A mind
Dancing on graves of injustice
Walking on water of tears
Rummaging through their screams
Digging our future goal
Where greed distantly sneers

Reaching for him
He hides…….
Hides behind them

Yet we continue to search
For the hidden answer
The hidden truth
The truth that sleeps in our blood
Yet flows through their tears
Tears that slash chubby cheeks
Cheeks that are opened to sympathy
Sympathy that urinates on frightened wounds
Wounds that travel
deep in the years

And a world away
We stand tall
Shouting their independence
While they droop
In their paradise of ruin
Picking through the rubble
of our cheers