Lawless

Lawless 12/4/2014

The hidden dagger comes out

From a black robed devil

Suddenly and savagely thrust

And plunging in,

Over and over again.

In the middle of the day

And in the middle of a life

The strange sacrificial addiction

Of the foolish

And the trusting. 

You never know when

And you never know how

Because surprise, is the work of evil

To snatch away your life. 

We avoid trouble

But we welcome the risk

As we look the other way

On our way to the end. 

Evil can slip through a crack

But today it runs wild

Pouring in the city

And climbing over the walls.

Someone opened the door

And someone unchained the demons

So now they run rampant

Free to plot

And free to kill. 

We should have seen it coming

As our instincts tingle with alarm bells

But we have been trained to ignore

And trained to forget. 

We have not warned the children

So it should come as no surprise

That they fall victim to evil

Because they did not know. 

The sun burns

And the cold wind

Cuts to the bone

But yet we go out

Unprotected and dumb. 

Evil cares not for truth

And evil cares not for justice

But will do anything to fix the outcome

Where they win

And you die. 

The world is full of fools

And the world is full of apologists

Useful as a shovel

To dig a ditch.

But this ditch is deep

And it is us

Who will kneel down

Silent until the end

Dead, rigid, and buried. 

Words are only words

But first comes the words

Long before the laws

And the bullets. 

The longest march

Starts with just one step

And the most predictable of genocides

Can start with

A single body. 

Some will be saved

But many will refuse

Preferring temporary safety

Over truth

And fairness. 

Eternity awaits

Because the dead cannot speak

While God watches

And remembers.