Lift and Turn

Lift and Turn 4/22/2014

You might not have heard

About the tragic horrors

Lucky enough to survive

Another day

And another hour. 

Some men bring life

And some only death

But now that death is destroyed

All the good shall live.

The innocent are murdered

And no one dares to notice

The jarring juxtaposition

Of hope and hatred.

Nothing can fix

A man without a soul

And no amount of regulation

Can create

What never was. 

If it wasn’t you

And it wasn’t yours

You can relax and breathe

But only the foolish

Will close their eyes

Or look the other way. 

Take all that you have heard

And take all that you are told

And turn it over

Exposing the writhing mass

Of truth and terror. 

Because even the best of liars

Cannot hide it forever

The disgusting reality

Underneath a rock. 

Perhaps we are lucky

And perhaps

We have been spared

But heaven help us

When the wheels come off.

It’s good to think and contemplate

How it feels to be someone else

But it’s also good to turn things over

And examine the other side.  

Things look different

When you challenge the status quo

Especially when its forbidden

And discouraged. 

But he who lies

Is already dead

And he who follows

Blind and dumb. 

Better it is to speak the truth

Even if it hurts

Because humility heals

And pride falls.