by Aden Tate
What happens when the good are silent
As the wicked run about
When the good just hold their tongues
While the evil scream and shout?
When the good are silent
As theft becomes the norm
Should they be surprised
When culture takes new form?
“I just don’t understand”
“Where it all went wrong”
“My country has gone crazy”
It’s the same old song
What would’ve happened
Had there been more Scholls?
Exposing all the lies
Showing Naziism’s holes?
Or if there’d been more Schindler’s
Risking all to save a few
Putting good above their fear
To save the beaten Jew
But, no, the good were silent
To save their skins they hid
As another Nazi soldier
Cremated another kid
What if Solzhenitsyn
Had refused to testify
About the horrors he had seen
When he thought that he may die?
Would more have fallen for
The soviet way of life
Where “You belong to the state!”
“Fight, and taste the knife!”
So now, let’s ask the question
One each man must ask
It’ll show your heart
And remove that sterile mask
What kind of man do you
Want your family to
Remember you as being
Or would you have a coward
Sitting in their midst
Eating at their table
With a heart not more than grist
Is that the heart a wife desires?
The heart you’ve always wanted?
Or is it the slimy excuse
Of a man scared of being hunted?
What happens when the good sit down?
“It’d be best to just lay low!”
“It’s safe inside my home!”
‘Tis a heavy blow
Against these little children
The weak who need the strong.
And they were left defenseless
Is this right or wrong?
Do the good stand by and watch
As a kidnapper plies his trade
Is this the purpose of a fist
Is this why it was made?
“I can’t jump into that fray!”
“That man might hurt me too!”
“I’ll just wish it was over.”
We few, we happy few…
And so, another kid is hurt
But hey, you’re still alright!
With your hands stuck in your pockets
What’s on TV tonight?
Perhaps this is the way
That nations fin’ly fall?
Evil just runs loose
And the good? Where are they all?
Well, they’re all at home
It’s comfortable in there
A bowl of popcorn in the lap
While in the easy chair
The people they should love
Are falling left and right
But they are men no longer
Too castrated to fight
They’re scared of speaking up
And what just that may mean
Not aware you must pick a side
Neutrality? What do you mean?
What happens to the good men
When fear binds up their tongues
Evil will take over. Then
Screams escape their lungs
Because that’s the way it starts
The wolves feed on the weak
And when the lambs are missing
The pattern’s not unique
Then the wolves move up the flock
Attacking all that’s left
The comfort is then gone
And all are left bereft
So, where can the good be found
If they never make a sound?
Well, if silent for too long
They’re six feet in the ground.
Because they were silent for too long
Taking chains, when they were free
This has all happened before
“There was no one left for me.”
A lion scours the earth
Seeking to devour
And when the knights are silent
Then evil flaunts its power
And as the silent good men stand
Back to watch the innocent fall
The question must be raised
Were they ever good at all?
I realize this is something of a non-sequitur post that doesn’t really match the normal article style, and I’m not the greatest poet out there, so forgive me for my feeble attempt.
Our country is being hit hard from every angle conceivable. The things we are seeing done to our children, what we have witnessed be perpetrated against our families – it’s been a lot. There is so much going on right now that is absolutely disgusting that this felt like the best way to address it.
I hope that you found the above thought-provoking, and that today is one of the best days that you’ve had all year.
Thoughts? Let us know in the comment section below.
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About Aden
Aden Tate is a regular contributor to TheOrganicPrepper.com and TheFrugalite.com. Aden runs a micro-farm where he raises dairy goats, a pig, honeybees, meat chickens, laying chickens, tomatoes, mushrooms, and greens. Aden has four published books, What School Should Have Taught You, The Faithful Prepper, An Arm and a Leg, The Prepper’s Guide to Post-Disaster Communications, and Zombie Choices. You can find his podcast The Last American on Preppers’ Broadcasting Network.