the bulbs flicker

The bulbs flicker

The long stretch of dark road

It seems the changes take too long

Along the way the ugly faces

The economy takes a back seat

The leaders run into race and religion traffic

Instead of ignoring the decades old story

The leaders jump into the same wagon

The eyes see of a race

The mind wants to stay on course

It doesn't realize its impact

It makes the road to change stop

The old record should have put away

Caged in a box as an item to be remembered

The days of running on race

It should be in distance memory

So the bulbs flicker

The lights glow for a while

The economy needs to be fixed

But race and religion causing traffic