I don't know...

I don't know! 

I don't know the way you use power,
I don't know...
I don't know the way you use people,
I don't know...
I don't know the way you pretend to work for them,
I don't know...
I don't know the way you cut trees n sell it to earn money, 
I don't know... 
I don't know the way you cling to your infinite greed n desire,
I don't know...

May be I'm just too naive...
May be I'm like they say a believer, of words,
Too much philosophy n faith, I know, but sure not religious,
Rationale or emotional? I don't know... 
Good or evil? I don't know... 
May be I'm still a child... 

What I know are silenced words, you've barely noticed,
Out of your looooouuudddd but pindrop silence... 
I don't know how you silenced your own people,
Yet how could you!!! 
I don't know...

What do you know? 
Can you tell me!!! 

May be I'm just too naaaaaiiiiive...
May be I'm just too naaaaaiiiiive...


Date: 24th August 2018

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