Swarming

The Swarm                         4/18/2017

Armies move like locusts

Consuming everything

As they move

Nothing new

And nothing worse.

They fought

And they pillaged

Sacking the cities

Murdering many

Just because they could.

Untold numbers

Raped by the swarm

As they looted

And burned. 

What was

Always comes again

All because we forgot

And all because

We were deluded.

By boat

And by plane

Under walls

And over fences.

The pestilence arrives

Welcomed by the dumb

With open arms

And cash in hand. 

Fools of the day

And prey by the night

The fodder of ages

Undefended

And unloved. 

To whom does it profit

And to whom does it belong

The curse of hatred

Long held

And suddenly unleashed. 

The gatekeepers killed

And divided by strife

All of it on purpose

And all of it by design. 

Woe to us all

Hidden in dreams

That we ignore the obvious

Over and over again. 

Slouching forward

And stumbling in circles

Without resolve

Or courage. 

Sold out for nothing

The paid never see

And never act

Selling you

And selling me. 

God lives

And so also will we

Even in the darkest night

And hopelessly outnumbered.

Death has no power

And it is broken at last

Forever defeated

By Christ.

Be not deceived

And be on discouraged

For victory shall come

In just only an hour.