Lullaby

Lullaby 2/6/2015

In the long dark night

We wrestle with fevers and chills

Sweating through the sheets

And struggling to care.’

The only thing

I ever destroyed

Was myself

And the only thing I ever lost

Was never mine at all. 

It hurts to try

And it’s easy to give up

But either way

We slide downhill

But good men cannot give up

And the courageous

Cannot allow themselves

To abandon those who remain innocent

And unborn. 

Defending yourself

Is not an atrocity

And separating from depravity

Is not a sin. 

Free to live

And free to think

Going where we want

And living how we must.

My children’s, children cannot ask

And they have yet to cry

But who would I be

If I did not fight

And did not try. 

There is no safety

And we are exposed

Dangled in front of the lions

And dragged naked through the streets.

Evil grows bold

And will get bolder still

As predictable as the sun

Cruel and terrifying. 

They hide and attack

Vicious and cowardly

Only to scurry away like roaches

Celebrating death

And horrific murder. 

Beware those who sleep

And pray that you stay awake

Because the hour of deception is here

Whispering in our ear.  

They sing lullaby’s

And they will create distractions

But evil is in their heart

Growing like a cancer.