four years of war

the dark gets thicker and there is no light
bombs go off and suck in the many fools
we're told what we must say in the schools
any free speech is a danger to the fight
we've got to say that our actions were right
we had to get in there those were the rules
but it would take the more than patient mules
not to observe what's out there in plain sight
our fearless leaders sit behind their walls
the truth is more deeply than them immured
we don't hear in the dark the myriad cries
the engine of their progress sputters stalls
we learn a portion of what's been endured
what become visible are the most obvious lies