Brainstorm Dream

I had a dream that explained it all.

I was working for the government, 

but I wouldn’t play ball.

They wanted me to do only what 

was good for them.

It took a while before I could see that

they had declared the truth the enemy.

They wanted to strip me of my authentic 

presence, of my being, like vampires.

Some felt sorry for me, but their lips

we’re frozen, they had to turn away.

They didn’t just fire me…they tried

to take away my humanity.

Everyone in it had been hired to obey,

and none of them could see what was

right anymore.

They couldn’t allow me to exist because

I was proof of the lies that they stood for.

And everyone like me was eliminated,

purged or ignored, 

threats they couldn’t stand.

Even those that still were there, worked

for them outstandingly, were subject to

their rules and laws that whispered:

“don’t disobey.”

I was ostracized from then on.

Those still there knew that it was wrong.

But, at least I still had my dignity.