Feed the People with lies: Spoken Word
Feed the people!
Feed the people with lies
and watch them clamour for more.
Grant to them what they are hungry for—
promise them freedom while binding their
feet in chains,
still they’ll chant your name.
Give them sunshine with snow frosts,
and with gratitude, they’ll prostrate.
Trade their silver for dusts of ashes —
their cash for bountiful emptiness.
Drained and dry they may be;
like deranged souls, they’ll serve you their blood to drink.
Deeply infested with ignorance, they remain daft even as truth presents facts.
Stand on the mountain tops and proclaim your lies,
the people will draw nigh and lift your name to the skies.
Feed the people!
Feed the people with lies:
they do not deserve the truth for they have deserted it.
Feed the people!
Feed the people with lies,
and watch them clamour for more.
Written and Performed by Viano Dee. Instrumental: The Heartache by Ugonna Onyekwe (Royalty Free Beat).
About Feed the People with Lies.
The poem is a reflection of our society. How people celebrate lies above truth just because they hold the liars in high esteem.
And though this may apply to every aspect in life — the poet is referring to the nature of Christianity in Africa.
Read also: Modern Christianity: A Deadly Epidemic
The height of idolatry (worship of men) is all shades of disturbing. What’s worse is that many of these so called spiritual leaders are actually false prophets who manipulate, extort, ridicule and lie to these people in a clearly visible manner yet these people praise and honour them even above God.
Not only that, when the evil of such leaders are exposed with HARD FACTS, their followers defend them wholeheartedly with useless and pointless reasons. How else can one describe chronic daftness?
What can one say? Such people deserve what they get — they deserve to be fed with lies since they detest the truth.
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What a impactful poem! I‘ve never heard of this one but it is really gripping. And it‘s so interesting to read your interpretation as well!
Thank you so much Zehra.
Good work, keep it up
This is great! I truly enjoyed it.
Glad you enjoyed it Wren.
This is truly wonderful…like the words of our politician..do more.
Beautiful! I really enjoyed it, thank you 💛☀💛
Insightful, thought provoking and sadly a daily occurrence.
Very insightful my dear. The same goes for bullies. And tv and social media these days perpetuate the bullies loud voices, perpetuate the liars’ ever fancy stories and put these people high up on a pedestal.
Very true Van Tay.
This poem truly represents society today. We may have a lot but still feel empty because we do not value the things we were blessed with. I agree that this poem can also relay the message of how some people regard Christianity.
Very true Annemarie. Thanks so much for stopping by.
This is what happens when we worship people, wealth, and worldly things above family, love, and faith.
This poem makes you stop and think.
I’m glad you can relate. Thank you so much.
Very interesting poem. It reminds me of the society that we live in today, which sort of makes me sad. I admire the quality of this poetry, well written.
Thank you so much for the kind words Brandy.
This is a somewhat dramatic poem. It really great and has a huge reference to today.
This is sad reality of today’s society. Truth remains buried under heap of lies. Very well expressed in words here.
Thank you so much Heena.
You are so creative. This is so relatable to and reminds me of today’s society.
Thank you so much Krizzia.
Wow! Another creative piece you got here. Reminds me of the spoken word events I attend around and my friend performs spoken word too.
Thanks a lot Darlene.
Oh wow, this is awesome. I love hearing spoken words and I was so affected with its message.
Thanks a lot Alexandra
Glad you enjoyed it.
This is such a great spoken poetry,and it is so meaningful. I love how it focus on our society nowadays.
Thanks so much Amy. Glad you liked it.
My heart is filled up with inspiration.. I love the beat
so much I love about this … that you’ve got the spoken word and written word for us. And that you explain the inspiration behind your message.
Thank you so much Karletta
This poem resonates with the current state of society. I feel sad for the youth of today, finding it difficult to differentiate between lies and the truth.
It’s a very sad situation.
this is such a beautiful and deep poem. I enjoyed reading a lot, it totally moves me
Glad you enjoyed it.
How true! This is a fact and unfortunately, nothing could be done without it. A circle of lies start and it keeps expanding.
Very good poem 👌😊 yeah it’s true the liars are believed and honest is being falsified today…
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