CORRUPTION

I'm pretty sure it started off innocent

Until someone took it a bit further

And when no one seemed to complain 

And everyone seemed to adjust to it 

Someone else took it farther than that 

And the cycle continued until it got to the stage it is now

 

From a little giving of gifts as a "thank you for your help" 

Someone decided unless I get something in return I'm not helping

And when nobody said a thing about it

Everybody (or almost everybody) seemed to adopt it

Until someone else decided to take from and not give back

Just for the sake of it.

You  see it looks harmless at first and most times it is

Until someone decides to take advantage of it 

And when the majority watch and not act

Someone else does worse

And when most people don't do a thing about it 

Someone does worse than the former

And the cycle continues.

Those who benefit from it, see no wrong in it

But ask the victims

Those who lost jobs because of it

Those who lost life changing opportunities

Admission into schools, properties

Loved ones , or even their lives

Ask those people and they'll tell you

That it is no small thing

They've felt it and know what its like

But then the problem is it has so gotten into the system 

That those who don't participate are seen as people 

Who don't know anything

And those who were victims of it, if by some sheer luck 

Get to handle a position forget they were once victims 

And let other people suffer what they once suffered.

It has eaten into the system

And unless something really extreme is done

Its going to keep been that way, or worse.

 You see corruption, FEAR corruption.

Author : Onyewuchi P.C (Mii)