Paralyzed Paradise
The other night
Someone asked me
Where I am from
Where I am at
I quickly texted back
I am in a paralyzed
Paradise
Where truths are
Crystallized, cracked
And replaced with lies
Where new ideas
And new thoughts
Are compromised
Right before my eyes
Where reason and resistance
Are gone in an instant
Where Academia and
the Arts lay dormant
Silent, witnessing
The endless warfare
And vicious attacks
To the pillars of Freedom,
The Justice system and
the check and balance,
The core of my existence