“A Future Unattainable”

Below is a brief look at education, politics, and leadership based on observations I have made through school and my involvement in the political process. If something is unclear in the writing, ask.

Education is in our imaginations,
Not in numbers and letters.
Education is wanting to learn and expand,
Not be trapped under the rules of grammar
And the restraint of expression.

We complain about our politicians,
They’re only able to criticize others plans we say
But never offer us there own.

We wonder why all they offer us
Are patchwork and the staunchest of criticism,
Yet we continue to teach our future
The rules of grammar and restraint,
Not the gift of self imagination.

We breed in our leaders and our people
The ability to correct and to modify,
Not to redefine life and hope,
Not to amaze us with creation.

Hence, we are left without a dream, a new vision.
I mean, why offer us a new direction
When all we ever ask of them
Is to poke at the technique
And patch up mere drawbacks?

If we want a new vision,
Then demand it from them,
But don’t forget to show them how to make one
And where a new path of liberty and distinction comes from.

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Now go vote and fight for what you believe. And when you learn and write, remember why and what, not how. Let your mind speak.