Silent Night

Silent Night                      12/10/2015

A dark night descends

So you better lock your doors

Lest a snake enter

And strike you on the head. 

It is sad

That we have forgotten

And it is a horror

That we still sleep. 

Hiding under the covers

And whistling in the dark

In hopes that someone else

Will do, what must be done. 

Life is a gift

And children are a blessing

So what kind of fool?

Would forget

And not protect. 

I look at them

And they look at me

A generation lost

And lied to

Every day. 

Do we love so little

That we dare not speak

Or do we only covet

The good opinion

Of mediocre men? 

What is money?

And what is a reputation?

Nothing at all

Compared to life and love.

The easy smiles of friends

And the comfort of temporary approval

Are lost at the smallest inconvenience

And were never true at all. 

Man has his way

And he loves himself

Most of all

Foolish at his best

And savage at his worst.

Beware the easy going lies

And beware the double minded excuses

Because the truth is straight as a razor

Intention, motivation, disaster, and death.

Search it out

And follow every lead

Who is doing what?

When, where and how?

The snake

Eats his own

But he also hates you and me

The tail and the head

Lying through his tongue.

Not random

And not an accident

Everything and everyone

Loved or hated.

It is the season for joy

And it is the season for love

But the nights will never again

Be silent

Like they once were before. 

Sixty three starts the game

And it is played on still

Sacrificed by evil men

And scourged on a hill.

God loves his children

And that is why they hate

Coming now and coming for

What they can never be.