Dishonestly Rising


Hate and love
Locked in mortal combat.

Crossing of swords continues
Amidst a tempest rising,
Where minds and hearts clash,
Ignoring humanity’s sentient bond.

Heavy storms of distorted agendas
Churn and roil,
Washington’s power-clash determined to erode
Any resistance.

Children of all ages look on,
Their eyes willed shut,
Their ears closed to the madness,
Their tenuous votes seeking repose.

Too many adults continue burying their gutless heads in the sand,
Continue wanting,
Taking,
Acting as if right and wrong are the same,
As if doing what they ought is somehow foreign.

Away…

Far away, further realms of conflict watch,
Needing neither laughter nor contempt
To vibrate their appetites…
Only laughing at our brand of tribal failure.

Ironically close,
Oh so very close,
The conscience of our simpler times
Peers through the shadows
Wondering why.

Evolution’s antennae ever vigilant,
Picks up on Man’s delusional habit,
Astounded that yesterday’s experience can be forgotten so easily
As today’s greed and power continues to overwhelm.

So much known.
So little learned.
So vast the sanctimonious corruptness.