How safe are the Mighty ?

How safe are the mighty?

Even the short arm

Of the common can reach them

At the market place

In the kitchen

At the baby’s nappy

In the laundry

At the massive gate

Behind the delicate steering

On the dumb office floor

The ADC post

Think of it brother

How safe are the mighty?

Or shall I say another?

Who are the mighty?

How safe are the mighty

In the hands of the common?

How distanced is their safety?

From the omnipresent hand?

At the mercy of the cook

Whose mistress’ allergy

Forbids her entering kitchens

So with a poisoned cup

The master’s throat can hook

And madam’s laughter curb

In the absence of a taster

How safe? How safe?

In the stainless laundry

The master’s flowing robe is as gentle

As the baby’s nappy

Never resisting, never reporting

So with a lethal substance

The master’s flesh may skin

A little drop on the innocent wear

That is all it takes

How safe? How safe?

At the MASSIVE gate

While master slumbers on

Behind the delicate fanciful steering

As madam snores away

How safe? How safe?

How safe are the mighty?

The office is not a safe place

When the cleaner is aggrieved

Nor is security in Aide

When the mind is corrupt

How safe then are the mighty?

How safe? How safe?

In homeward journey from school

With innocent chattering of children

Unmindful of the driver’s mind

Who may choose to steal

Or the little things to still

Lies the safety of the mighty

But because the common

With their short memory

In the momentary pleasure

Forget their fits of anger

Against the rape of justice

Of the bestial mighty

And the lack, pain and hunger

That feed on their class

Perhaps the awe of their creator

Or of a jobless tomorrow

The scolding faces of wives

The tearful eyes of hungry babes

The uncertain voices of his class

The innocent offspring of the mighty

Have coldly stayed his revengeful fist

What then shall we say?

Because the mighty

Are not so called

And the common

Are not so dubbed

Let the MANY continue to be COMMON

And the FEW continue to be MIGHTY

Until the many discovers

The strength that is in number