A collective sigh as time stands still
Empty vessels born without a spine
Fascist jackals committed to overkill
Spinning the act of murder as divine
How the fuck did we wind up here?
Willfully ignorant to the endless lies
Blurring the lines while living in fear
Perpetual bullshit tends to draw flies
Insults are standard procedure now
Dissent is opposed with an iron fist
Slowly broken down forced to bow
Mere optics over facts that’s the gist
Peaceful protest ends in execution
This is how they handle push back
Using power to trump prosecution
Snuffing out life light fades to black
Copyright @ Damian DeadLove 2026
I don’t know when we let it start but it is not going away any time soon no matter how many get hurt.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Fia. So glad you connected with the write my friend. As far as I’ve been able to piece together it’s been building for decades, subtle things at first, now not so much. All that’s left is hope and that is what they’re trying to kill. So I guess it’s up to people to keep hope alive. Appreciate you, cuz.
Damian
Much needed words Damian 🙏🏻
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Drieks. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Thank you for your continued support. Appreciate you.
Damian
And here I thought this was going to be a Metalicca tribute…
I dunno dude, America is pretty messed up and confused by a lot of things. I don’t even try to understand most of the craziness coming from all sides. The aggression and violence, and antagonism’s and instigating is so rampant. I don’t see any solutions either, in any of it all.
Thankfully we can chill within our creative worlds and that helps us deal with it.
Your write is spot on. Bravo.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Mark. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Sorry for throwing you off into thinking it was going to be a Metallica tribute. lol. I guess all we can do is what writers do, write our observations down and share them, and try our upmost best to keep some form of hope alive. I don’t know that anyone person has the answer to the world’s problems, so I just keep moving forward brother. Appreciate you.
Damian
Damian. Your social commentary is spot on here. Your message is clear and your voice is loud & intelligent.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Keith. Glad you connected with the write my friend. I’m glad the message is clear, brother. Appreciate you.
Damian
Thank you for voicing something that’s been on my mind for quite sometime now. I had a title in mind but your piece has influenced me. Wonderful work sir. Let’s be the voice for the voiceless.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Wally. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Glad I could influence you brother, yes a voice for the voiceless. Appreciate you.
Damian
Sigh…where to begin? I’m really late in arriving to this piece and it’s going to take me a while to catch up again. This is such a solid expression of the insanity taking place these days. And as more has occurred since the writing of this, it doesn’t appear to be ending. What we can take and hold as hope is that my fellow Minnesotans said fuck the tyranny and stepped up. Not in violence, but in peaceful protest and consistently showing up. The intent of the regime was to instill enough fear and chaos immediately to cower everyone quietly into their assigned boxes. That didn’t happen. They chose a winter people in their hibernation season. Wake the bear…deal with the repercussions. They’re Vikings, for fuck sake! We do outnumber the guns and the bullies. That’s something to hold on to, my friend.
Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I’m just glad to see you back in my comments. lol. You’ve been missed around here my friend. I did write this one for your fellow Minnesotans. It isn’t smart to provoke Vikings in their hibernation season, I agree. It’s all a revenge tour for this cult and their wicked heartless leader. Unfortunately they’re far from done, up to us writers to keep the bonfire lit. Just doing my best to keep up. It is something to hold on to. Appreciate you.
Damian