We scream 

We yell

But we do not fight

We protest

We lay down

We say we want change

Yet do nothing

Because deep down we know

It is our fault

It is our fault things are this bad

We say we want change

and look everywhere but at ourselves

We ARE the problem

We MUST change

We REFUSE to do so

say it's not us

it's them

and no one is willing to remove the blinders 

no one is willing to admit

they must change

I wish to change that

I wish I had the power to rip the blinders off

throw them away from our eyes

and help everyone change 

and change with them

we are a dying phoenix

but we may not be reborn

because to be reborn we must change

but no one wants that