A Frisson of Fear

A Frisson of Fear
by Rick Folker

I will not bow to
your idols of
hate

I will not offer prayers to
your false gods you
create

I will not kneel to 
your toxic media of
lies, half-truths you
replicate

BUT ...

I will warm you
in the coldness of
a naked, lonely night

I will weep with you
when the weight of weeping
takes all our might

I will wake with you to
some distant future
and reconsecrate

Our shattered souls 
In the balm of 
day's first wake
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Folker Avatar
October 5, 2017 at 12:25 AM
thank you Sunlite
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October 3, 2017 at 5:37 PM
I loved this, Rick.
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