We need to rise up, to dispel the gloom.
We need to reflect, and gauge at the depth.
We must realise, the fall we have had.
We need to take plunge, to rescue the remains.
We need to overcome, corrosion and slumber.
We need to salvage, our dreams from the crash.
We need to usher, the change we so seek.
Harbinger of hope, is thus the role to dawn.

For ultimately the citizenry, is the custodian of it all.
For action is imperative, to reverse the recession.
The anchor must root, the bedrock of principles.
For the vote is sacrosanct, as, in trust it lay.
In greed if deluged, leadership shall erode.
As imperative for leadership, is to nurture inclusiveness.

Honesty and simplicity, shall raise the leader.
For pride shall face, the ignominy of rejection.
For those aspiring power, must internalise its temporariness.
Only then shall it be, a virtue emanating glow.

For nothing is permanent, and that’s the immortal truth.
For change is the only constant, and so shall it always be.
For history is testimony, to the follies of egos.
The past has in stark, the lessons of power.
For those who feel invincible, time is the teller.
And time is so potent, which turns the tide.
For mistakes at power, victors become vanquished.
And just as years go by, history would repeat.
Power bereft conscience, shall pay the price.
For that seat is momentory, and the effects are permanent.

The consequences would haunt, for failing to serve word.
As any wilful failure, will unfurl unpleasant fate.
Of malfeasance & misfeasance are instances galore.
Sincerity of cause, ought to be the guiding light.
For loss of focus, is the dialation of purpose.

Sights of misery and suffering, must repeatedly awaken self.
For the citizen or the leader, must have the heart which cares.
As the lighthouse beams, points to the purpose avowed.
Hence the purpose must not, mist itself and fade.
For the imprint of name, is all that gets embedded with jade.

We thus need those leaders, with grit & conscience.
For those who lack it, can’t be our leaders.
Hence thy people, must you always remember.
The vote which you cast, will pave future way.
Your most precious vote, will seal our fate.
The challenge before, we hence all must broach.
Think of it now, before it’s too late.
Your ballot must show, the all new way.
For hope and joy, the path we should lay.

Think and decide it…. the future rests on it.
Your most precious vote….think and decide it.