Charelston Harbor

Charleston Harbor  11/20/2014

Every king need serfs

And every tyrant

Must have peasants

To use, sacrifice

And hang on his words.

Bought for almost nothing

And guaranteed to be compliant

As long as you lie

And give them bread. 

Unable to fight

And unable to know

They breed and die

On manipulated cue. 

Sometimes a king

Can lose his head

But even a mob is best controlled

By the most obvious lies. 

Playing upon ignorance

And envy

And fanning the flames

Of prejudice and hate.

Pulling down statues

And burning the books

History is erased

And forgotten. 

We lift ourselves up

Out of darkness

Through unimaginable horror

Only to plunge back down

Overly indulged and dumb. 

Unaware of the tumult

That many have seen before

And lying to ourselves

Every step of the way. 

Clay will not stick to iron

So it all falls apart

Changeless as the sun

Burning in the sky. 

If we could learn it all over

Would we have a chance

As we sleep in our beds

And head to the slaughter.

The good may forget

But evil always underestimates

Spending itself in a fire

That burns us all. 

But where is there to run

And where can we escape

When the oceans no longer protect

Or hide.

I have been knocking

And I will keep trying

Praying every day

That we not perish. 

Come quickly

Lest the flame die out

Smothered completely

By time and darkness.