I Don’t Want Their Civil War
written by: John Neff
Most people just want to shake a hand,
To build some bridge across the land.
Most people want a fair debate,
Not poisoned words or crafted hate.
Most people try to find a way,
To meet in the middle of what they say.
But the louder few who crave the fight,
Twist every wrong and strangle the right.
Fifty-fifty is a loaded gun,
Splitting the nation, two sides, none.
A balance that’s fragile, breaking in two,
Pulled by the lies they’re feeding you.
Most folks just want to live in peace,
To see the shouting and anger cease.
But those who profit from endless divide,
Feed on the chaos they help to guide.
How can we talk if the censors rule?
If truth is muzzled, and lies are fuel?
How can the honest voices be heard,
When algorithms choke each word?
They sell us rage in a daily stream,
Distorting the edges of what things mean.
Yet outside the screen, in the world we share,
Most people still live with honest care.
I don’t want their civil war,
Their tug-of-strings, their hidden chore.
Most people stand where silence cries,
Not fooled by suits or televised lies.
Debate is born when both can speak,
Not when the truth is starved and weak.
And yet they cage the strongest thought,
Afraid of the questions it might have brought.
For truth is a blade that cuts both ways,
It sharpens in silence, it blunts in praise.
But lies are daggers concealed in hand,
They wound the people, they scar the land.
But listen close, you’ll hear the plan,
Division’s the game, deception’s the hand.
If all we do is fight for a side,
Then freedom itself has already died.
We won’t be pawns in their shadow game,
We won’t be dragged through fire and flame.
Their lines are drawn, but ours erase—
We’re stronger together, face to face.
Let’s tear down the walls they built to divide,
Expose the deceit that whispers inside.
For most of us know what the silence is for—
It’s the price of refusing their civil war.
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