Hide and Seek

 Hide and Seek 12/20/2013

I leave from work

And look over my shoulder

A man without a country

And a country without a soul.

Go tell the Spartans

That we have

Left it all

Sold out and betrayed

But too afraid to fight. 

Dumb, mild

And herded like sheep

Slaughtered one by one

Without a blink of an eye. 

Words are not enough

And they choke out my breath

Futile and wasted

Because no one cared enough

To mention the fallen. 

Human accomplishment

Is wasted and worthless

Because we always forget

All that we fought for

And all that we learned.

Second guessing ourselves

And chucking centuries of labor

As we devolve ever downward

And slouch to the ground. 

It takes courage to forgive

But it also takes wisdom

To say enough

When there is far more at stake

Than our own comfort.

The trend is for death

And the signs are everywhere

As the unkind and unforgiving

Spread like weeds.

Those yet unborn

Will curse us for sure

For the scraps we will leave them

Are worth nothing at all. 

Outnumbered

And hunted

Their prospects are bleak

All because we were cowards

And played along.

Yes, go tell them now

That here it is, we live

In a land of gathering shadows

Long low and lean. 

The king is coming

But not a moment too soon

Because without faith

All would be lost.