Silver Stream

Silver Stream                      12/27/2017

I ripped off the ribbon

And tore open the box

Appreciative of anything

And expecting nothing. 

My eyes were opened

And there is no going back

No matter how deeply buried

And suppressed. 

While we laughed

Others were murdered

And while we slept

Their bodies were burned. 

They lay down with dogs

And shake their head in disbelief

Mauled to the bone

And shredded with teeth. 

But we did not warn them

And they were never told

Beast from man

And lead from Gold.  

We thought

That they could see it

And we thought

That they understood

Hung by our own piety

Foolish, deadly, and dumb.

But they

They were are lied to

Every day in every way

Led down the easy path

Vulnerable and kind. 

Oblivious to the snake

Coiled in the grass

The fools of the field

Trusting and dumb.    

Save all you can

And tell them

Dead level straight

The truth of reality

Right here

Right now. 

For no secret

Is so well hidden

And no record

So permanently sealed

That the Lord shall not reveal it

Obvious and true.   

Rejoice at the gift

Still yet to be opened

The shining blessing  

Together with God

Pure, free, and clear. 

Shout and sing

In Joyful triumph

That we have

Already won. 

No longer bound

And no longer in the dark

The bright lights

And bright spirits

Of glorious luster.

God wins

Good wins

Now and forevermore

The gift we knew not to ask

And did not deserve.

But it is that gift

That means the most of all

As love given freely

Multiplies endlessly. 

It rains down now

And I can feel every spark

The beautiful light

In the dead of the dark.