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PATRIARCHY

We had Fathers.							
Distant creatures						
beings aware of another dimension
condemned to keep its secrets,
protect us from its presence
for as long as possible.

Solitary creatures – these Fathers,
lone hunters
stealthily disappearing
and re-appearing.
Loud creatures –
snarling at the world,
growling and nipping
at their children
to protect them – from it.

Lonely creatures – these Fathers
prowling foggy dawns,
sunsets flaming condemnation,
weary – yet tirelessly working
to fulfill the needs of a day.

Restless beings – these Fathers
troubled even in sleep
snorting as a tethered stallion
restrained from running,
breathing as if in retreat
from a hunter’s prey.

Warriors – these Fathers
Elders – possessing almost Shamanic skills,
stolid, forbearing - surface calm
roiling in the torment
of their patriarchal duties.

We are Fathers still -
less distant, less secretive,
snarling and growling
at a world we no longer understand
where perception overrides reality.

We will always be Fathers
distant, solitary, lonely creatures
Warrior elders awaiting fate’s transition,
watching sons - become men – become Fathers.

John G. Lawless
7/8/2015

not submitted to the Patriarchy Poetry Contest as it is over 20 lines

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