Until All Changed: A Prophecy

They sent their children

To be educated; then,

Those who were able,

Took them elsewhere--

They left in droves;

One family in a hundred,

Then five, then ten.

Many of them went.

And no one said a word.

They left for the traditional--

Schooling as it had been

For multiple generations;

They wanted that for theirs.

Payment for said education

Could not be afforded by all--

So those who could took theirs

And taught them at home.

And no one said a word.

These exoduses costing millions,

One would think there'd be alarm;

Yet on and on they went, no contest,

Not a word from those in charge.

"Miraculously," they were allowed

To segregate themselves

From the rest of society

To preserve their ideologies.

And no one said a word.

Such vacancies allowed them to

Make universal changes they'd desired;

Now no one cared to question

What was being learned and forgotten.

All the while the great schism

Became more pronounced;

Bolder moves were made,

Laws passed, agendas reinforced.

And no one said a word.

Until...All was set in place--

And actions taken, then,

To avenge the defectors--

They were prepared:

Those who didn't return and comply

Were fined, then jailed.  

Those who were vocal died.

And this went on until All Changed.

And no one said a word.