Instant Citizen Execution

Instant Citizen Execution

They granted the authority to themselves

Backed by the belligerence of insanity

Initiated by some rogue gene that compels

A foolish man to set his stock in vanity

Citizens now walk the streets in fear

Of masked men that are emerging from history

Their mission smells of hate its purpose unclear

The leader floundering in instruction contradictory

A right to protest is now seemingly denied

Confronted by armed gangs with pepper spray

Protection of the innocent is publicly decried

Whilst memories of the swastika emerge today

Your race colour and your creed openly abused

The white man’s bible now carries a new story

Where violence towards fellow citizens is excused

All because a false deity is seeking glory

You’d better get down on your knees and pray

That the man holding the barrel to your head

Might find a moment of mercy and Satan betray

Revoking the leader’s hatred and removing dread

For when fellow citizens are seen as the prey

Predators rewarded by those elected to care

Then the devil’s work is displayed in full play

So join the march Don’t just stand and stare

Copyright: David Hopcroft January 2026

The American Dream 1 The Refugee

The American Dream 1 The Refugee

Wading through flooded rivers in the night

To evade the troops patrolling highways

Carrying their children on their backs

To prevent them from being washed away

Dragging a plastic suitcase along a trail

Where hordes of mosquitoes lie in wait

The fear of the bite and the log sleep

Risking exploitation by traffikers

Praying they can avoid gangs of bandits

And the unofficial militias seeking bounty

Escaping jungle burned to clear a forest

Behind them they leave a greater fear

That of the door knock in the night

Because the views they hold are hated

The shadows of persecution hang over them

For others the crops have failed again

Or the land taken for commercial farms

Where produce is sold overseas

Farmlands stolen to grow flowers

To fill the vases in western homes

Villages destroyed to make way for a dam

Water supplies disrupted to produce soda

Fleeing from disasters and drought

From persecution and revolution

From somewhere comes the American Dream

A promise of a life in a ‘Land of the free’

Where food and shelter can at last be found

A home and an opportunity to earn a living

The promise of a future for their children

Where happiness and freedom join hands

A place they see as a promised land

A welcoming given to strangers

To live at last the American Dream

Copyright: David Hopcroft November 2025

Looking Towards The Horizon

Looking towards the horizon

Haul up the anchor and raise the sail

Let’s sing another shanty to send us on our way

We’ll navigate the doldrums and the harshest gale

Keep that smile on your face as we depart the bay

We’ll set a course to find a new world to the west

Leaving behind a history of hate and persecution

Fleeing from the murderous intent of inquisition

Persecuted because others disagree with our belief

When loftier sails were replaced by power of steam

Then the boats were filled with those holding the dream

Crofters driven out by greedy lairds who took their land

Famine-starved families seeking work and food

Some did not make the crossing so willingly

Forced from their homes never to be set free

Crammed beneath decks in shackles and in chains

Husbands and sons torn away from mothers on the shore

The colonies of the past are no longer there

Yet freedom for so many remains a dream

In a land of brutality corruption and inequality

Persecution resurrected living lives in poverty

So haul up the anchor now and set the sail

Let’s sing another shanty to send us on our way

We’ll steer a new course towards another hope

Away from poor Liberty who drowned in the Bay

Copyright: David Hopcroft February 2025