Snake Pit

Snake Pit             5/29/2018

It is a silent war

That no one dares to acknowledge

Fought largely without weapons

Yet none the less
More deadly than guns. 

A silent siege

Waged against

The unknowing

Slowly but surely

Killing us all. 

Chipping away

At our last shred of dignity

And cutting away

Identity and strength. 

Cutting out from under

And penalizing every effort

The self-flagellating tools

Everywhere you look. 

Every sector

And every institution

Simultaneously infiltrated

And weaponized.

Every day

In every way

The weight of the world

Crushing down

A certain people

And a certain faith. 

Once you see it

You cannot look away

The obvious angle

In every possible medium.

Make no mistake

The snake head speaks

For all who have sold their souls

Swallowed down and dead. 

The truth silenced

And the good punished

All for telling the truth

Over and over again. 

Can you feel the teeth

All around your neck

All over but for a miracle

The good and the great. 

A few stand

Now watch how they are punished

While others go on

With blood on their hands. 

Lord, let it all come out

The whole horrible truth

The truly evil

And truly hateful. 

The murderers in our midst

And the snake in the pit

Exposed for all eternity

The truth we always knew

Deep in the heart.