I am not speaking
but am not dumb.

I am not making love
but am not impotent.

I am not moving forward
but am not creeping back.

I am not thinking
but am not thoughtless at all.

I am not looking
but am not blind.

I am tired of living
but am not tired of life.

I am not with you
but am not without you.

I will take
a time to coil

and then as a snake
I will strike

at the heart
of the tyranny.

Watch out for me
- my name is democracy!