Doublethink

Double think     12/21/2016

By the tiniest of margins

We have survived

Escaping more than we know

Dead in the ground. 

Deep down

All of them knew

But they doubted themselves

Into the grave. 

Second guessing

And double minded

They overruled their instincts

Willfully giving in

Trusting and dead.

And all they had to do

Was say no

Keeping their distance

Far away from here. 

Bludgeoned and beaten

Defiled and discarded

The wasted flesh

Of the tragically misguided. 

No one warned them

And no one spoke

As they all whistled

Past the graveyard

On their way to the end. 

Pride kills

And the weakest

Are always vain

Jealous and envious

Murderous and dumb. 

Lashing out

Without reason

And unable to grasp

Or grow.  

Let them dangle

And let them die

Come to the end

Without appeal

Or sympathy. 

Never true

And never worthy

The evil of darkness

Hateful, vile, and empty.