once it was

Once it was a small party

Battling hard to get the recognition

On the street to protest publicly

Marketing its plans and strategies

Once it got its uplift to society

The flow of wealth came to steady its existence

For years it went to modernise its outlook

Telling the people to trust the party

Once it got its mandate to rule

The beginning was a bit rough sailing

With years of trying to balance it

The battle of moderation got its way

Once its tasted the power of success

It came with the absolute power base

The party leaders became arrogant

They didn't remember the struggles

Once it ruled by decades

The milking of the wealth became obvious

Awarded contracts to cronies and linked companies

You helped me I helped you foundation

Once the party grows lopsided

The ground becomes shaky and uncontrol

The scandals begin to tarnish its image

It becomes thick headed

Once the years of mobility

Now it becomes grounded in fat

The lean machine once it was

The symptoms of decadence grow