How did it all start?

The madness, the deception, the false hope

When did we stop taking accountability?

It’s like seeing a rotten apple 

In a pile of good apples

And allowing it to go bad

Influencing the others negatively

We have become a society of “Mehs”

People who just ignore and move on

Why is that?

Fear? Threats? Lack of safety?

It differs

But the truth remains the same

“We don’t want to end up like them.”, they would say

Who is “them”?

“Them” are those speaking out 

Those who are telling the truth

Those who want to expose those who are bad

But unfortunately, they had to risk their lives

In order for the truth to come out

The whistle-blowers, community members

Noble officials who won’t stand for bad

Oh, woe is their loved ones

Who will miss them dearly.

Their rights became wrong

And those who stopped them, became wrong.

How did this happen? What can be done?

How to turn wrongs into wrongs again

And to make the rights more honourable

There are lots of ways

Community forums, accountability reports

Arrests, harsher punishments

Those are but some of the ways…

… but there are many others

We need to hold those who do bad accountable

To fight for what is right

To stand up for truth and justice

To not be afraid of blowing the whistle

Society needs people like those

So that law and order is there and fairness is achieved.

Poem Description

This poem is about how society has kind of “accepted” the wrongs for what it is and is just accepting them. This piece figuratively explains “where did society go wrong” in allowing this to happen, the true effects of wrongs in society, and also to the people who tried to call them out (whistle-blowers, officials, law enforcement, etc.). In the poem’s essence, it is about bringing accountability forward, to prosecute the criminals and to bring in law, trust, and justice back into communities. So that bad things stay wrong, and the good things stay right.