Come out, come out

Come out, come out   2/11/2015

If wade through the water

You will sink

When ledge drops away

Flailing your arms

And drowning.    

You can sink,

Or you can swim

But even the best swimmer

Can’t last forever. 

Exhausted and dehydrated

Floating and dead

Food for fish

And eaten by worms.   

There was a  dream

And there was a hope

But now it is gone

An inch at a time.  

The horses are out of the barn

And the gates are left open

As the beasts laugh in the street

Picking off the old, sick, stragglers

One at a time.

Dumb, compliant

Crude and venal

They swarm for scraps

Over the dead

And the dying. 

What have we done?

That we forgot about tomorrow

Paralyzed by words

And fear.

More worried about reputation

Than about morals

And coveting money

That’s gone in a day. 

Position, favor, employment

Or preferment

Dangled like carrots

For everyone to see. 

The truth is forbidden

And crudeness celebrated

By the lost, clueless

Empty, and dead.   

Time is running out

And evil rules the day

Taking everything

And giving nothing. 

Do not give up

And do not give in

Though you’re on the ropes

Bruised and bloody. 

Just look up

And ask

Pray for strength

And come out swinging!