Ten One

Ten One                        8/31/2016

It is better protect

Than it is to persecute

But some are always penalized

While others are preferred.

No amount of lies can change

The obvious truth

Carved inside our hearts

From the inside out. 

Who is the real liar?

And who is the real joke?

Hiding behind falsehood

And covered up with smoke.

An honest man

Is a happy man

Because living in the truth

Heals the heart.

But evil men spend their strength

Hiding their true intentions

Avoiding sunlight

Anyway they can. 

Attacking the good

And defaming the defenseless

As they fill their pockets with money

From the worst kind of scum. 

Only a fool cannot see it coming

The greatest deception of all

Skewed and slanted

Obvious and dumb. 

Their strangle hold is loosening

Just when they thought

They could never lose

So now they scramble in desperation

To lie and to kill. 

Clamping down

And censoring the truth

Omitted and obfuscated

At the most convenient time. 

Hateful and jealous

The murderous and raping horde

Released with malice

Upon the innocent and good. 

But God
He will keep his promise

To the lost

That he has found.

Even if they forgot

Who they were

And from where

They have come. 

Black Out

Black Out                          8/30/2016

Living is dangerous

But so also is dying

As we walk though a minefield

And whistle in the wind.

Over burdened 

And over spent

Unprotected 

And ignored.  

There is no safety

For the foolish

And no warmth

For the good.

Sacrificed for profit

And used for fun

We are nothing but bait

In a game of chess.

Powerful men

Indulge their every whim

At the expense of the defenseless

And the powerless.

Compromised and complicit

They are controlled by others

Deep, dark,

And hidden from view. 

The records sealed

And secrets protected

While others are abused

For telling the truth. 

Bloody are the hands

That reach in our pockets

And take whatever they want

Because rules are for us

And never for them. 

Corrupted and compromised

They all cover for each other

Fake established enemies

Equally guilty

And equally complicit. 

An exclusive club

For the wealthy

And the connected

Selling us all out

For experimental genocide.  

A blackout is coming

As all the windows are closed

Justified with lies

And covered with bribes.

Some fools will never learn

Until they die 

Set up

And put down

Surrounded by hungry dogs

Foaming at the mouth.

And we,

We are nothing but a threat

The last bastion

Who can question  

And might resist. 

The rest

They know will follow

And bow their heads

For just a few dollars

And a piece of bread. 

The truth is out

So read it while you can

Because darkness is coming

When the plug is pulled.

They think we will believe it

And they think

That we are fools

Drowning in our own blood

Face down in the mud.

They think if we weren’t told

Then we would never know at all

The carnage in the streets

Rape, assault and murder. 

Beware the biggest lie

Because that is all you will hear

The truth hidden 

At the most crucial 

Of times.

But even in a blackout

The spirit is a light

Enough to lead us out

To what is good 

And what is right. 

Artichoke

Artichoke                8/29/2016

Through the eyes of glass

We peer into windows

Open to the world

Inward, outward

Independent and free.

Searching through

Time and space

And able to decipher

The good and the bad.

The willing can see

If they know where to go

In a fraction of a second

The whole world

Melts away.

Rifling through opinions

And sorting through the facts

We can learn about the motives

That influence our vision.

Opening the pomegranate

And peeling back the onion

The truth can be discovered

Among the countless lies.

Some seek not reality

But only feed their delusions

Always hating

And always blaming.

Hating truth

And hating beauty

They savage the hand of kindness

Over and over again.

But he who thinks for himself

Let him look

And let him see

Lifting up his head

Above the stampede. 

It can be painful

And it can make you ashamed

But the truth

Will always be an answer

To mental slavery.

Remove the filter

And open up the screen

Dead level ahead

To see what is there. 

Piercing through

The smoke and the mirrors

Laser straight

And determined.  

Fearlessly discovering

What is hidden

And tracing it backwards

Aghast in horror.

There are many

Who have seen

And there are many

Who have died. 

But now more than ever

The truth is a crime

As those who hate the truth

Want to kill

And crush. 

The window was opened

And the truth escaped

So now they seek to close it

Anyway they can. 

Watch it grow dark

And make all of your plans

For the day of darkness

Knowing who lies

And knowing why. 

Remember this

When the windows

Will not open

And the biggest lie of all

Is told as truth.

Look into your heart

And the windows of the soul

Inward and upward

Through prayer

And faith.

Unshakable

And strong

Determined

And true!

Foothills

Over the hills                            8/25/2016

It was always about the wait

And it was always about the time

Running me and running you

And running out

Over my head.

We were supposed to be happy

And look at the positive side

But in the end

Something went wrong

And there was no turning back.   

I fell through a crack

And maybe that is all it is

An accidental mistake

While sleep walking through life.

But climbing out

I cannot help but notice

That something has changed

And will never be the same. 

The guy who fell down

He is dead

But the man I am

Is entirely something else. 

His rope was cut

And he fell into a hole

A bottomless crack

Black as coal. 

Now I am the odd man

The one who thinks too much

Thinking too far ahead

And looking over my shoulder.  

The one who searches

And scans the crowd

Whispering to God

To save us all.  

No longer believing

What other people say

Now that I know

And now that I see. 

Crush it all

And throw it away

Every single thing

False, fake, and wasted.

All that matters

Is what we make it

Surviving and fulfilling

Every promise.

He will come

And he is closer than ever

Stronger than the world

Beautiful, perfect, and free.  

Critical Mass

Criticality  8/24/2016

Criticality is here

And the earth

Slips under the weight

Lies upon lies

Unbearable

And intolerable.

It’s been a long time coming

The moon over the city

The sign of the times

Dark and foreboding. 

Powerful people

Huddle in rooms

Facing the inevitable

And plotting the end. 

Evil has murdered many

And now they do their worst

Covering up their crimes

With more.  

They cannot bear to lose

So now they lash out

Doubling back again

To savagely attack.

Determined to do

What it is

That they always wanted

Killing off the good

Any way they can. 

They know

As well as us

That nothing lasts forever

Even this

And even now. 

The world has awakened

And many now

Can see the reality

True now 

And true forever.  

Everything they said

And everything they did

All of it a lie

That was never true at all.

The world shakes

Under our feet

But the blessed are those

Who believe

Even under threat

And punishment. 

Let the truth come

And let us all be forgiven

For all we tried

And all we did.

Unafraid to the last

Upright and dead level

Standing strong

And faithful.