Blood Count

Blood Count                         10/19/2016

I should have savored it more

The glowing days of jubilant sun

Long long ago

And many worlds away. 

We did not know

So we did not save

Staring at mirrors

Like kids in a cave.

Protected  by oceans

And insulated from fear

A time and place

Lost to dreams.

Gone like a summer afternoon

And carried out to sea

Like tiny droplets of vapor

Blown by the breeze. 

We thought we had forever

But we were only kids

Laughing at nothing

And given everything.   

Ground by the weight

It until it all became powder

The way we once lived

And loved. 

Because while we were playing

Others, they buried the bomb

Planted like a seed

Right under our feet.    

Ignored and neglected

The weeds

They grew everywhere

An impenetrable jungle of darkness

Spread in all directions. 

Today

It blots out the sun

And we are hopeless

Knee deep in mud

And covered with lies.

The last who might remember

All they want to forget

For many different reasons

Godless and dead.

You can lose

And still you can win

Because nothing lasts

Except for your soul.

More precious than money

And more valuable than power

A new world

And a new heaven. 

Worth every sacrifice

No matter how

We are hated

Worthy of the blood

Splattered on the ground.

The price is steep

But the chance is eternal

So let us all

Do what it takes.

Many run

And many hide

But good men

Should never fear

The truth in all its glory.

Even if it hurts

Crawl across

The broken glass

Whatever it might take

And against every odd.

Red with blood

I shall wear the shirt

Unafraid

And laughing.