Disguised Predators
by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com
Whether caught up in the dictatorial world of Bashar al-Assad, Kim Jong-un, or what seems the case, the incoming president, truth is not an option. (Image by Ayin Guselli)
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Disguised Predators
by Odin Roark
You ask,
what is ahead?
Is it waiting in the darkness for us to falter
as it prepares the desecration of truth,
sometimes seducing our hand
and leading us into colorful ribbons of deflection,
thinking our will is but a matter of time,
smiling at the pain we obediently endure to reach the end.
With such delusional confidence,
ignorance sleeps while we run,
laughs when we cry,
patiently waits with outstretched arms
as our forward motion slows to a defeated crawl.
You ask again,
what is ahead?
Beware of disguised predators,
the praying mantids of invocation gesture,
blending ever so subtly
into the world’s landscape of predatory ambivalence.
Compelling, thought provoking read, well said
Never stop writing!
m
I lament the idea that simple phrases of positive action with no real way of making it happen can have such appeal to the masses. So many, "I will…" As though becoming a dictator and dishing out favors is the way to lead people to greatness. And, I remember also in another very troubled time, Abraham Lincoln: "You can fool some of the people all the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."
Ron
Love ya!
Jane