Tell Tale

Tell Tale                                         10/5/2015

Silence can tell you everything

And the absence of truth

Gives everything away

The obvious reality

Hidden in plain sight. 

We are programmed to die

And lay down like sheep

Groveling with apologies

For no reason at all.

The hammer falls

And we cower in a corner

Unprepared to confront

The enemy in our bed.

Lulled to sleep

With commercialism

And vanity

The socially dependent

Will trust without suspicion.

Woe to those

Who do not pay attention

Believing everything

And doing nothing. 

Wasted away

Dried out and empty

Crumbling from the inside out

And dissolved into dust. 

We didn’t listen

And we didn’t see

Choosing to hide

And choosing to run. 

Nobody has forever

And he who lives 

Had better decide

Because you must believe

Before you can know.

Hold on to truth

Because all else will fail

Bigger than shame

And stronger than death.  

Feel the burning embers

Falling down like flames

And pulsating with our hearts 

The eternal gift 

No man can lose.  

Light from darkness

And life from death

More than enough 

Right here 

And right now.