Hypocracy....
Jealousy, envy, strife, lies, and, fire.....
What bitter and poisoned fountains, these surely are
Spewing forth both fresh and salt waters, at the very same time
These houses built upon the shifting sands
Tilting towards their inevitable crumblings....
Always learning but never growing, these petals of strident deceits
Fragrant and putrid, mingled scents of their truth!
Revealing themselves always, to the eyes which matter the most
Eyes that within their blindness, they can never see?
Walking along the shoreline, of tempered sight, these tempest
Unaware of the approaching waves, poised, to carry them away, forever....
Such are the fruits of their instantiate labors
The reaping, of this their soil blackened harvest!
For a tree does not bare, olive branches with figs
And hypocracy within Heavens sight, has a dire price
For to be hot or cold, is one thing altogether
But to be mired within the middle of a puddle of mud
Is a petal of a different color, of darkened hues
Razor sharp stems, spewing forth their venin
As they spin within the wind....
An image of many faces, these chameleons, of disorders discerned
Straw built houses, sitting upon the fault lines of eternity
Biding their time, while unaware, of the storm of the centuries soon to arrive
Like ivory and ebony, this twisted marble, of its own perverse
Waters, pouring from its fountain, flowing in reverse....
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{Hypocracy!}
Copyright © John Rhinem | Year Posted 2009
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