Portrait Of Authority

Nothing more nothing less

An icon on the wall decoration and duress

That which many strive to be

It's the marble statue staring over me

And nobody has the will to tear it down

It determines wrong and right

But to me it's just a stereotype

And it makes us lose our sight

The portrait of authority

You tell me that's what I'm supposed to be

Another time another man

An oppressive intrusion a plague across his land

And it haunts him every day

It tells him that he has no chance his hopes just fade away

And he lives his life prepared to tear it down

But he can't muster the support

And to him it's just a stereotype

Of his life long fight

The portrait of authority

It embodies what he cannot be